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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.8 | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.c | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nic3com.c | 6 |
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ flashrom README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash ROM -chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. +chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images in-system +using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of network +cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which can +program flash chips. It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and TSOP40 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, @@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards --------------------------------------------- Please check the output of 'flashrom -L' for the list of supported -flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, and mainboards. +flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, mainboards, and flash programmers. See also http://coreboot.org/Flashrom for more details. @@ -132,11 +132,18 @@ Specify the programmer device. Currently supported are: .sp .BR "* internal" " (default, for in-system flashing in the mainboard)" .sp +.BR "* dummy" " (just prints all operations and accesses)" +.sp .BR "* nic3com" " (for flash ROMs on 3COM network cards)" .sp -If you have multiple supported NICs in your system, you must use -.B "flashrom -p nic3com=bb:dd.f" -to explicitly select one of them, where +.BR "* satasii" " (for flash ROMs on Silicon Image SATA/IDE controllers)" +.sp +If you have multiple supported PCI cards which can program flash chips +(NICs, SATA/IDE controllers, etc.) in your system, you must use the +.B "flashrom -p xxxx=bb:dd.f" +syntax to explicitly select one of them, where +.B xxxx +is the name of the programmer .B bb is the PCI bus number, .B dd @@ -147,9 +154,9 @@ is the PCI function number of the desired NIC. Example: .B "flashrom -p nic3com=05:04.0" .sp -.BR "* satasii" " (for flash ROMs on Silicon Image SATA/IDE controller cards)" -.sp -.BR "* dummy" " (just prints all operations and accesses)" +Currently the following programmers support this mechanism: +.BR nic3com , +.BR satasii . .TP .B "\-h, \-\-help" Show a help text and exit. @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * * Copyright (C) 2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation * Copyright (C) 2004 Tyan Corp <yhlu@tyan.com> - * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 coresystems GmbH + * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 coresystems GmbH * Copyright (C) 2008,2009 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -367,13 +367,15 @@ void print_supported_chips(void) void usage(const char *name) { - printf("usage: %s [-rwvEVfLhR] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]\n", + printf("usage: %s [-EVfLhR] [-r file] [-w file] [-v file] [-c chipname] [-s addr]\n" + " [-e addr] [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file] [-i image] [-p programmer] [file]", name); - printf(" [-e exclude_end] [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]\n"); - printf("Please note that the command line interface for flashrom will " - "change before flashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts or " - "other automated tools without checking that your flashrom " + + printf("\n\nPlease note that the command line interface for flashrom will " + "change before flashrom 1.0.\nDo not use flashrom in scripts or " + "other automated tools without checking that your flashrom\n" "version won't interpret them in a totally different way.\n\n"); + printf (" -r | --read: read flash and save into file\n" " -w | --write: write file into flash\n" @@ -389,9 +391,10 @@ void usage(const char *name) " -i | --image <name>: only flash image name from flash layout\n" " -L | --list-supported: print supported devices\n" " -p | --programmer <name>: specify the programmer device\n" + " (internal, dummy, nic3com, satasii)\n" " -h | --help: print this help text\n" " -R | --version: print the version (release)\n" - "\n" " If no file is specified, then all that happens" + "\nIf no file is specified, then all that happens" " is that flash info is dumped.\n\n"); exit(1); } @@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ void nic3com_chip_writeb(uint8_t val, chipaddr addr) uint8_t nic3com_chip_readb(const chipaddr addr) { - uint8_t val; - OUTL((uint32_t)addr, io_base_addr + BIOS_ROM_ADDR); - val = INB(io_base_addr + BIOS_ROM_DATA); - - return val; + return INB(io_base_addr + BIOS_ROM_DATA); } |
