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Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8')
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -49,15 +49,49 @@ Probe only for specified flash ROM chip. .TP .B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr> Exclude start position (obsolete). +.sp +flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of +the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows: +.sp + 00000000:00008fff gfxrom + 00009000:0003ffff normal + 00040000:0007ffff fallback +.sp + i.e.: + startaddr:endaddr name +.sp +All addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses! +If you only want to update the normal image in a ROM you can say: +.sp +.B " flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal agami_aruma.rom" +.sp +To update normal and fallback but leave the VGA BIOS alone, say: +.sp +.B " flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal \" +.br +.B " -i fallback agami_aruma.rom" +.sp +Currently overlapping sections are not supported. +.sp +ROM layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more +flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the +ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?). .TP .B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> Exclude end postion (obsolete). .TP .B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <[vendor:]part> -Override mainboard settings. This option is needed for some mainboards, -see the -.B "flashrom \-\-list\-supported" -output for a list. The vendor is not required when the board name is unique. +Override mainboard settings. +.sp +flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no +coreboot table could be read or if you want to override these values, you can +specify -m, e.g.: +.sp +.B " flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom" +.sp +See the 'Supported mainboards' section in the output of 'flashrom -L' for +a list of boards which require the specification of the board name, if no +coreboot table is found. .TP .B "\-f, \-\-force" Force write without checking whether the ROM image file is really meant |
