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authorUwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>2008-01-18 17:48:51 +0000
committerUwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>2008-01-18 17:48:51 +0000
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Minor documentation improvements/fixes in the README and manpage
Corresponding to flashrom svn r180 and coreboot v2 svn r3059. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
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@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
Flashrom README
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-This is the universal (coreboot) flash utility.
+Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI
+flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images.
+
+(see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot)
+
Build Requirements
------------------
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ no coreboot table is found:
ROM Layout Support
------------------
-Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
+Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of
the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
00000000:00008fff gfxrom
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?).
Disk on Chip support
--------------------
-Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
+Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it: Remove -DDISABLE_DOC from CFLAGS.
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