Always verify write operations automatically

Should this be undesireable because of speed reasons, --noverify can be
used to suppress an auto-verify.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r631.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Harald Gutmann <harald.gutmann@gmx.net>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8
index 423ee29..3dd76f7 100644
--- a/flashrom.8
+++ b/flashrom.8
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 .SH NAME
 flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-VfLzhR\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR file|\fB\-w\fR file|\fB\-v\fR file]
-         [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part]
-         [\fB\-l\fR file] [\fB\-i\fR image] [\fB\-p\fR programmer]
+.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-VfLzhRn\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR file|\fB\-w\fR file|\fB\-v\fR file] [\fB\-c\fR chipname]
+         [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part] [\fB\-l\fR file] [\fB\-i\fR image] [\fB\-p\fR programmer]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B flashrom
 is a utility for detecting, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash
@@ -38,6 +37,21 @@ Write file into flash ROM (default when
 .B <file>
 is specified).
 .TP
+.B "\-n, \-\-noverify"
+Do
+.B not
+verify the flash ROM contents after writing them to the chip. Using this
+option is
+.B not
+recommended, you should only use it if you know what you are doing and you
+feel that the time for verification takes too long.
+.sp
+Typical usage is:
+.B "flashrom -wn file"
+.sp
+This option is only useful in combination with
+.BR \-\-write .
+.TP
 .B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>"
 Verify the flash ROM contents against the given
 .BR <file> .