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Requires offset aligned to block granularity. .It Cm info Ns Get information about NAND chip (page size, block size, OOB area size, chip size and media size) .It Cm readoob Ns Read OOB area from specified page. .It Cm writeoob Ns Write OOB area bound to specified page. .It Cm help Ns Get usage info. .El .Sh COMMAND read The following operands are available for .Nm .Cm read command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to a .Xr gnand 4 device node, required for all operations. .It Cm out Ns = Ns Ar Output file path. If not specified, page contents will be dumped to stdout in format similar to .Xr hexdump 1 .It Cm page Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as page number. .It Cm block Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as block number. .It Cm pos Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed in bytes (however, must be aligned to page granularity). .It Cm count Ns = Ns Ar Count of objects (pages, blocks, bytes). .El .Sh COMMAND readoob The following operands are available for .Nm .Cm readoob command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to NAND device node. .It Cm page Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as page number. .It Cm out Ns = Ns Ar Output file path, optional. .El .Sh COMMAND write The following operands are available for .Nm .Cm write command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to NAND device node. .It Cm page Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as page number. .It Cm block Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as block number. .It Cm pos Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed in bytes (however, must be aligned to page granularity). .It Cm in Ns = Ns Ar Input file path. .El .Sh COMMAND writeoob The following operands are available for .Nm .Cm writeoob command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to NAND device node. .It Cm page Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as page number. .It Cm in Ns = Ns Ar Input file path. .El .Sh COMMAND erase The following operands are available for .Nm .Cm erase command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to NAND device node. .It Cm page Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as page number. .It Cm block Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, expressed as block number. .It Cm pos Ns = Ns Ar Offset on device, epressed in bytes (however, must be aligned to block granularity). .It Cm count Ns = Ns Ar Count of objects (pages, blocks, bytes). .El .Pp WARNING: The only required parameter for the \fBerase\fP command is .Ar dev . When no other arguments are provided the whole device is erased! .Sh COMMAND info There is only one operand available for .Nm .Cm info command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm dev Ns = Ns Ar Path to NAND device node. .El .Sh COMMAND help There is only one operand available for .Nm .Cm help command: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file" .It Cm topic Ns = Ns Ar Help topic. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std If the supplied argument .Ar dev points to a device node other than gnand or gnand.raw both .Nm .Cm readoob and .Nm .Cm writeoob return error. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gnand 4