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@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
+.\" This manpage is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
.TH FLASHROM 1 "July 26, 2006"
.SH NAME
flashrom \- the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVflih\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname]
- [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
- [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [file]
+.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
+ [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B flashrom
is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ More verbose output.
Probe only for specified flash chip.
.PP
.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
-Exclude start position.
+Exclude start position. (obsolete)
.PP
-.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
-Exclude end postion.
+.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
+Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
.PP
.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
Override mainboard settings.
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Override mainboard settings.
.B "\-f, \-\-force"
Force write without checking image.
.PP
-.B "\-l, \-\-layout"
+.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
Read ROM layout from file.
.PP
.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ Show a help text and exit.
.\".B "\-\-version"
.\"Show version information and exit.
.SH BUGS
-Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/
+Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/.
.SH LICENCE
.B flashrom
is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
@@ -63,17 +64,19 @@ is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
.SH COPYRIGHT
2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
.br
+2003 Niki W. Waibel
+.br
2004 Tyan Corp
.br
2005-2006 coresystems GmbH
-.br
-2003 Niki W. Waibel
.SH AUTHORS
-Yhlu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
+Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
.br
Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
.br
Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
+.br
+some others
.PP
This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).