Changeset 1483 for trunk/flashrom.8

Timestamp:

Jan 4, 2012 1:48:27 AM (18 months ago)

Author:

hailfinger

Message:

Replace --mainboard with -p internal:mainboard

--mainboard is a relic from a time before external programmers and makes
the CLI inconsistent.
Use a programmer parameter instead and free up the short option -m.

NOTE:
The --list-supported-wiki output changed to use -p internal:mainboard=
instead of -m
The --list-supported output changed the heading of the mainboard list
from

Vendor Board Status Required option
to
Vendor Board Status Required value for

-p internal:mainboard=

Fix lb_vendor_dev_from_string() not to write to the supplied string.

Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@…>
Acked-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@…>

File:

• trunk/flashrom.8 (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/flashrom.8

@@ -6 +6 @@
 \fB\-L\fR|\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR <file>|\fB\-w\fR <file>|\
 \fB\-v\fR <file>]
-         [\fB\-c\fR <chipname>] [\fB\-m\fR [<vendor>:]<board>] \
+         [\fB\-c\fR <chipname>] \
 [\fB\-l\fR <file>]
          [\fB\-i\fR <image>] [\fB\-p\fR <programmername>[:<parameters>]]
@@ -89 +89 @@
 case sensitive.
 .TP
-.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" [<vendor>:]<board>
-Override mainboard settings.
-.sp
-flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no
-coreboot table could be read or if you want to override these values, you can
-specify \-m, e.g.:
-.sp
-.B "  flashrom \-\-mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA \-w agami_aruma.rom"
-.sp
-See the 'Known boards' or 'Known laptops' 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.
-.TP
 .B "\-f, \-\-force"
 Force one or more of the following actions:
@@ -246 +233 @@
 Otherwise, the mainboard is detected by examining the onboard PCI devices
 and possibly DMI info. If PCI and DMI do not contain information to uniquely
-identify the mainboard (which is the exception), it might be necessary to
-specify the mainboard using the
-.B \-m
-switch (see above).
+identify the mainboard (which is the exception), or if you want to override
+the detected mainboard model, you can specify the mainboard using the
+.sp
+.B "  flashrom \-p internal:mainboard=[<vendor>:]<board>"
+syntax.
+.sp
+See the 'Known boards' or 'Known laptops' 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.
 .sp
 Some of these board-specific flash enabling functions (called