1FLASHROM(8)                 System Manager's Manual                FLASHROM(8)
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NAME

6       flashrom - a universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       flashrom [-rwvEVfLhR] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start] [-e exclude_end]
10                [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i image_name] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

13       flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI
14       flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images,
15       for example.
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17       (see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot)
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OPTIONS

20       If  no  file  is specified, then all that happens is that flash info is
21       dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
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23       -r, --read
24              Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given file.
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26       -w, --write
27              Write file into flash ROM (default when file is specified).
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29       -v, --verify
30              Verify the flash ROM contents against the given file.
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32       -E, --erase
33              Erase the flash ROM device.
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35       -V, --verbose
36              More verbose output.
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38       -c, --chip <chipname>
39              Probe only for specified flash ROM chip.
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41       -s, --estart <addr>
42              Exclude start position (obsolete).
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44       -e, --eend <addr>
45              Exclude end postion (obsolete).
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47       -m, --mainboard <[vendor:]part>
48              Override mainboard settings. This  option  is  needed  for  some
49              mainboards,  see  the  flashrom README for a list. The vendor is
50              not required when the board name is unique.
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52       -f, --force
53              Force write without checking  whether  the  ROM  image  file  is
54              really meant to be used on this board.
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56              Note:  This check only works while coreboot is running, and only
57              for those boards where the coreboot code supports it.
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59       -l, --layout <layout.file>
60              Read ROM layout from file.
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62       -i, --image <name>
63              Only flash image <name> from flash layout.
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65       -L, --list-supported
66              List the  ROM  chips,  chipsets,  and  mainboards  supported  by
67              flashrom.  The list of mainboards consists of those boards which
68              need a special ROM write-enable function for flashrom to work.
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70              There are many other boards which will  work  out  of  the  box,
71              without  such  special  support  in flashrom. Some of the known-
72              good/known-bad  and  tested  ones  are  listed  at  http://core‐
73              boot.org/Flashrom#Supported_mainboards,  but  the  list  is  not
74              exhaustive, of course.
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76       -h, --help
77              Show a help text and exit.
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79       -R, --version
80              Show version information and exit.
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BUGS

83       Please  report  any  bugs   at   http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/core‐
84       boot/newticket,   or   on   the  coreboot  mailing  list  (http://core‐
85       boot.org/Mailinglist).
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LICENCE

88       flashrom is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version  2
89       or later.
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92       2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
93       2003 Niki W. Waibel
94       2004 Tyan Corp
95       2005-2007 coresystems GmbH
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AUTHORS

98       Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
99       Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
100       Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
101       some others
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103       This  manual  page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.  It
104       is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).
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108                               January 18, 2008                    FLASHROM(8)
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