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| author | Daniel Campello <campello@chromium.org> | 2022-03-14 11:43:16 -0600 |
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| committer | Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@chromium.org> | 2022-03-29 22:45:17 +0000 |
| commit | 025c75d05cf16c0f53c2bafb73c660c867572db9 (patch) | |
| tree | 71c397ebbc402970a3547fd18923da2540e32a48 /flashrom.8.tmpl | |
| parent | caa0335114a817a69b43e5bc32ec9a5c2c65c896 (diff) | |
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flashrom.8.tmpl: Clarify man entries for -w/-v/-x
This change adds follow up changes to the man page:
- Explain (-) argument for -w/-v operations
- Expand on region name handling of -x operation
Also updates cli_classic.c to match with --help output.
BUG=b:224364316
Change-Id: I0cba593da3926c8587027789f4e1e89a2329ca7f
Signed-off-by: Daniel Campello <campello@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/62794
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@chromium.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.8.tmpl | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index fe2d9d6fb..3e4bc5e4b 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given .BR <file> . If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. .TP -.B "\-w, \-\-write <file>" +.B "\-w, \-\-write (<file>|-)" Write .B <file> -into flash ROM. This will first automatically -.B erase +into flash ROM. If +.B - +is provided instead, contents will be read from stdin. This will first automatically + B erase the chip, then write to it. .sp In the process the chip is also read several times. First an in-memory backup @@ -124,16 +126,20 @@ region using the .BR internal programmer. It may be enabled by default in this case in the future. .TP -.B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>" +.B "\-v, \-\-verify (<file>|-)" Verify the flash ROM contents against the given .BR <file> . +If +.BR - +is provided instead, contents will be written to the stdout. .TP .B "\-E, \-\-erase" Erase the flash ROM chip. .TP .B "\-x, \-\-extract" Extract every region defined on the layout from flash ROM chip to a -file with the same name as the extracted region. +file with the same name as the extracted region (replacing spaces with +underscores). .TP .B "\-V, \-\-verbose" More verbose output. This option can be supplied multiple times |