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index e745608912..b62bb790fb 100644
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+++ b/util/flashrom/README
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-This is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Flashrom README
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-build requirements
+This is the universal (LinuxBIOS) flash utility.
+
+Build Requirements
------------------
To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
-installed on your linux system:
+installed on your Linux system:
* pciutils
* pciutils-devel
-usage
+Usage
-----
usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
@@ -33,21 +37,21 @@ usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
-LinuxBIOS table and Mainboard identification
+LinuxBIOS Table and Mainboard Identification
--------------------------------------------
-flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
+Flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
(Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
-or if you want to override these values, you can to specify -m ie.:
+or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
- flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
+ flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
-rom layout support
+ROM Layout Support
------------------
-flashrom supports rom layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
-the flash chip only. A rom layout file looks like follows:
+Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
+the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
00000000:00008fff gfxrom
00009000:0003ffff normal
@@ -58,19 +62,19 @@ the flash chip only. A rom layout file looks like follows:
all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
-If you only want to update the normal image in a rom you can say:
+If you only want to update the normal image in a ROM you can say:
flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
-To update normal and fallback but leave the vga bios alone, say:
+To update normal and fallback but leave the VGA BIOS alone, say:
flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
-Currently overlapping sections are not spported.
+Currently overlapping sections are not supported.
-rom layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more
-flexible and they should lead to a rom update file format with the
-rom layout and the rom image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
+ROM layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more
+flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the
+ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
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