Changeset 3385

Timestamp:

06/22/08 20:50:25 (5 months ago)

Author:

uwe

Message:

Some flashrom documentation fixes, and removal of duplicated info (trivial).

Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@…>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@…>

Location:

trunk/util/flashrom

Files:

• README (modified) (3 diffs)
• flashrom.8 (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/util/flashrom/README

@@ -12 +12 @@
 ------------------
 
-To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
-installed on your Linux system:
+To build the flashrom utility you need to install the following packages:
 
 * pciutils
-* pciutils-devel / pciutils-dev
+* pciutils-devel / pciutils-dev / libpci-dev
 * zlib-devel / zlib1g-dev
 
@@ -50 +49 @@
 or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
 
-  flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom
+ $ flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom
 
-The following boards require the specification of the board name, if
-no coreboot table is found:
-
-* IWILL DK8-HTX: use -m iwill:dk8_htx
-* Agami Aruma: use -m AGAMI:ARUMA
-* ASUS P5A: use -m asus:p5a
-* IBM x3455: use -m ibm:x3455
-* EPoX EP-BX3: use -m epox:ep-bx3
-* GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 v2.0: use -m gigabyte:m57sli
-* GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3: use -m gigabyte:m61p
-* MSI K8N Neo3: use -m msi:k8n-neo3
-* Acorp 6A815EPD: use -m acorp:6a815epd
+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.
 
 
@@ -105 +95 @@
 
 
-Supported Flash Chips
----------------------
+Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards
+---------------------------------------------
 
-AMD AM-29F040B
-AMD AM-29F016D
-ASD AE49F2008
-Atmel AT-29C040A
-Atmel AT-29C020
-EMST F49B002UA
-Intel 82802AB (Firmware Hub) 
-Intel 82802AC (Firmware Hub) 
-MX MX-29F002
-PMC PMC-49FL002
-PMC PMC-49FL004
-Sharp LHF-00L04
-Spansion S25FL016A
-SST SST-29EE020A
-SST SST-28SF040A
-SST SST-39SF010A
-SST SST-39SF020A
-SST SST-39SF040
-SST SST-39VF020
-SST SST-49LF040B
-SST SST-49LF040
-SST SST-49LF020A
-SST SST-49LF080A
-SST SST-49LF160C
-SST SST-49LF002A/B
-SST SST-49LF003A/B
-SST SST-49LF004A/B
-SST SST-49LF008A
-SST SST-49LF004C
-SST SST-49LF008C
-SST SST-49LF016C
-ST ST-M50FLW040A
-ST ST-M50FLW040B
-ST ST-M50FLW080A
-ST ST-M50FLW080B
-ST ST-M50FW040
-ST ST-M50FW080
-ST ST-M50FW016
-ST ST-M50LPW116
-ST ST-M29F002B
-ST ST-M29F002T
-ST ST-M29F002NT
-ST ST-M29F400BT
-ST ST-M29F040B
-ST ST-M29W010B
-ST ST-M29W040B
-SyncMOS S29C51001T/B
-SyncMOS S29C51002T/B
-SyncMOS S29C51004T/B
-SyncMOS S29C31004T
-Winbond W29C011
-Winbond W29C020C
-Winbond W29C040P
-Winbond W29EE011
-Winbond W49F002U
-Winbond W49V002A
-Winbond W49V002FA
-Winbond W39V040FA
-Winbond W39V040A
-Winbond W39V040B
-Winbond W39V080A
+Please check the output of 'flashrom -L' for the list of supported
+flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, and mainboards.
 
+See also http://coreboot.org/Flashrom for more details.
 
-Supported Southbridges
-----------------------
-
-AMD CS5530/CS5530A
-AMD Geode SC1100
-AMD AMD-8111
-ATI SB400
-Broadcom HT-1000
-Intel ICH0-ICH8 (all variations)
-Intel PIIX4/PIIX4E/PIIX4M
-NVIDIA CK804
-NVIDIA MCP51
-NVIDIA MCP55
-SiS 630
-SiS 5595
-VIA CX700
-VIA VT8231
-VIA VT8235
-VIA VT8237
-VIA VT82C686
-

trunk/util/flashrom/flashrom.8

@@ -1 @@
-.TH FLASHROM 8 "January 18, 2008"
+.TH FLASHROM 8 "June 22, 2008"
 .SH NAME
 flashrom \- a universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility
@@ -44 +44 @@
 Override mainboard settings. This option is needed for some mainboards,
 see the
-.B flashrom
-README for a list. The vendor is not required when the board name is unique.
+.B "flashrom \-\-list\-supported"
+output for a list. The vendor is not required when the board name is unique.
 .TP
 .B "\-f, \-\-force"