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authorJames Laird <jhl@mafipulation.org>2013-03-27 13:00:23 +0000
committerStefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>2013-03-27 13:00:23 +0000
commitc60de0e87faa631887821892547f0554eed2727f (patch)
tree54b9eb93e87ead0498bdacd22f4a3cd3e0ffd2ae /flashrom.8
parent226037da3d274fdf65e477e9ef1082356830b2c7 (diff)
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Add Altera USB-Blaster SPI programmer
Adds support for the Altera USB-Blaster programming dongle in Active Serial (AS) mode. Tested on both original product and a clone dongle. Corresponding to flashrom svn r1658. Signed-off-by: James Laird <jhl@mafipulation.org> Signed-off-by: Kyösti Mälkki <kyosti.malkki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at> Acked-by: Kyösti Mälkki <kyosti.malkki@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8
index c6c518e..feb70d6 100644
--- a/flashrom.8
+++ b/flashrom.8
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ bitbanging adapter)
.sp
.BR "* linux_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs accessible via /dev/spidevX.Y on Linux)"
.sp
+.BR "* usbblaster_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs attached to an Altera USB-Blaster compatible cable)"
+.sp
Some programmers have optional or mandatory parameters which are described
in detail in the
.B PROGRAMMER SPECIFIC INFO
@@ -837,7 +839,7 @@ needs TCP access to the network or userspace access to a serial port.
.B buspirate_spi
needs userspace access to a serial port.
.sp
-.BR dediprog " and " ft2232_spi
+.BR dediprog ", " ft2232_spi " and " usbblaster_spi
need access to the USB device via libusb.
.sp
.B dummy
@@ -847,7 +849,7 @@ needs no access permissions at all.
.BR gfxnvidia ", " drkaiser ", " satasii ", " satamv " and " atahpt
have to be run as superuser/root, and need additional raw access permission.
.sp
-.BR serprog ", " buspirate_spi ", " dediprog " and " ft2232_spi
+.BR serprog ", " buspirate_spi ", " dediprog ", " usbblaster_spi " and " ft2232_spi
can be run as normal user on most operating systems if appropriate device
permissions are set.
.sp
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