From e5449392a12cfbdbdf48ebfdaf713dae5d6dec56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Karcher Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 20:53:59 +0000 Subject: Add manpage entry for pony_spi Corresponding to flashrom svn r1530. Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger --- flashrom.8 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'flashrom.8') diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8 index ff8ed9d..5108127 100644 --- a/flashrom.8 +++ b/flashrom.8 @@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ atmegaXXu2-flasher by Stefan Tauner." .BR "* rayer_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a RayeR parport " or Xilinx DLC5 compatible cable) .sp +.BR "* pony_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a SI-Prog serial port " +bitbanging adapter) +.sp .BR "* nicintel_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs on Intel Gigabit network cards)" .sp .BR "* ogp_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs on Open Graphics Project graphics card)" @@ -614,6 +617,26 @@ More information about the RayeR hardware is available at The schematic of the Xilinx DLC 5 was published at .BR "http://www.xilinx.com/itp/xilinx4/data/docs/pac/appendixb.html " . .SS +.BR "pony_spi " programmer +The serial port (like /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB0 on Linux or COM3 on windows) is +specified using the mandatory +.B dev +parameter. The adapter type is selectable between SI-Prog (used for +SPI devices with PonyProg 2000) or a custom made serial bitbanging programmer +named "serbang". The optional +.B type +parameter accepts the values "si_prog" (default) or "serbang". +.sp +Information about the SI-Prog adapter can be found at +.BR "http://www.lancos.com/siprogsch.html " . +.sp +An example call to flashrom is +.sp +.B " flashrom \-p pony_spi:dev=/dev/ttyS0,type=serbang" +.sp +Please note that while USB-to-serial adapters work under certain circumstances, +this slows down operation considerably. +.SS .BR "ogp_spi " programmer The flash ROM chip to access must be specified with the .B rom -- cgit v1.1