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| author | Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> | 2009-05-19 14:14:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> | 2009-05-19 14:14:21 +0000 |
| commit | f14f01a0591ab5758bed23c284b91e8a80b6e22b (patch) | |
| tree | ae611f8bc7ebf9a0d135053690fba41ff509087a /README | |
| parent | d62988254bee2eb40585502d512cc5a25f2ae10c (diff) | |
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Documentation improvements and small code/whitespace fixes
Corresponding to flashrom svn r535.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 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. |
