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.\" UCRL-CODE-2003-012
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" This file is part of lxbios, a utility for reading/writing LinuxBIOS
-.\" parameters and displaying information from the LinuxBIOS table.
+.\" This file is part of lxbios, a utility for reading/writing coreboot
+.\" parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table.
.\" For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios/>.
.\"
.\" Please also read the file DISCLAIMER which is included in this software
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
.\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
.\" 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
.\"***************************************************************************/
-.TH LXBIOS 1 "December 2005" Linux
+.TH LXBIOS 1 "January 2008" Linux
.SH NAME
-lxbios \- read/write LinuxBIOS-related information
+lxbios \- read/write coreboot-related information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "lxbios [OPTS] [-n] -r NAME"
.br
@@ -65,22 +65,22 @@ lxbios \- read/write LinuxBIOS-related information
.B "lxbios [OPTS] -h"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B "lxbios"
-is a utility for reading/writing LinuxBIOS parameters and displaying
-information from the LinuxBIOS table.
+is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters and displaying
+information from the coreboot table.
-The LinuxBIOS table resides in low physical memory. It is created at boot
-time by LinuxBIOS, and contains various system information such as the type
+The coreboot table resides in low physical memory. It is created at boot
+time by coreboot, and contains various system information such as the type
of mainboard in use. It specifies locations in the CMOS (nonvolatile RAM)
-where the LinuxBIOS parameters are stored.
+where the coreboot parameters are stored.
-This program is intended for x86-based systems that use LinuxBIOS. For
-information about LinuxBIOS, see
+This program is intended for (x86-based) systems that use coreboot. For
+information about coreboot, see
.br
-http://www.linuxbios.org/.
+http://www.coreboot.org/.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.B "[-n] -r NAME"
-Show the value of the LinuxBIOS parameter given by
+Show the value of the coreboot parameter given by
.B "NAME."
If
.B "-n"
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ Show all possible values for parameter given by
.B "NAME."
.TP
.B "-a"
-Show the names and values for all LinuxBIOS parameters.
+Show the names and values for all coreboot parameters.
.TP
.B "-w NAME=VALUE"
Assign
.B "VALUE"
-to LinuxBIOS parameter given by
+to coreboot parameter given by
.B "NAME."
.TP
.B "-p INPUT_FILE"
-Assign values to LinuxBIOS parameters according to the contents of
+Assign values to coreboot parameters according to the contents of
.B "INPUT_FILE."
The format of this file is described below.
.TP
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ input.
.B "-c [VALUE]"
If
.B "VALUE"
-is present then set the CMOS checksum for the LinuxBIOS parameters to
+is present then set the CMOS checksum for the coreboot parameters to
.B "VALUE."
Otherwise, show the checksum value.
.TP
.B "-l [ARG]"
If
.B "ARG"
-is present then show information from the LinuxBIOS table as specified by
+is present then show information from the coreboot table as specified by
.B "ARG."
Otherwise show all possible values for
.B "ARG."
.TP
.B "-d"
-Do a low-level dump of the LinuxBIOS table.
+Do a low-level dump of the coreboot table.
.TP
.B "-Y"
Write CMOS layout information to standard output. If redirected to a file,
@@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ option tells lxbios to obtain CMOS layout information from the contents of
Likewise, the
.B "'-t'"
option tells lxbios to obtain CMOS layout information from the CMOS option
-table (contained within the LinuxBIOS table). If neither option is
+table (contained within the coreboot table). If neither option is
specified, the CMOS option table is used by default.
.B "LAYOUT_FILE"
follows the format of the
.B "cmos.layout"
-files provided by LinuxBIOS.
+files provided by coreboot.
-If the LinuxBIOS installed on your system was built without specifying
+If the coreboot installed on your system was built without specifying
.B "HAVE_OPTION_TABLE,"
-then the LinuxBIOS table will not contain a CMOS option table. In this case,
+then the coreboot table will not contain a CMOS option table. In this case,
the
.B "'-y LAYOUT_FILE'"
option must be used.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ assignment is constructed as follows:
Here,
.B "NAME"
-is the name of a LinuxBIOS parameter and
+is the name of a coreboot parameter and
.B "VALUE"
is the value that will be assigned to
.B "NAME."