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| author | Nico Huber <nico.huber@secunet.com> | 2016-05-02 16:54:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de> | 2017-06-09 14:00:27 +0200 |
| commit | 99d1595329190de2a09785e8e2017ecfc397eb23 (patch) | |
| tree | 52f806b11bcfcd39ff7a7a05b222e9cf432cedcb /flashrom.8.tmpl | |
| parent | 70eed9ff60af62604a856940d5b126909e2d679e (diff) | |
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cli_classic: Add option (-N, --noverify-all)
This option specifies to verify included regions only after a write.
It also reduces the data read before the write.
v2: o Changed short option name to `-N`.
o Added section in the manual page.
Change-Id: I40b5983f56d62821d17b827b88b73d1d41a30bd7
Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.huber@secunet.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/17950
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.8.tmpl | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index 34e1fe720..34e7f028a 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips \fB\-p\fR <programmername>[:<parameters>] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR <file>|\fB\-w\fR <file>|\fB\-v\fR <file>] \ [\fB\-c\fR <chipname>] - [\fB\-l\fR <file> [\fB\-i\fR <image>]] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-f\fR]] + [\fB\-l\fR <file> [\fB\-i\fR <image>]] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-N\fR] \ +[\fB\-f\fR]] [\fB\-V\fR[\fBV\fR[\fBV\fR]]] [\fB-o\fR <logfile>] .SH DESCRIPTION .B flashrom @@ -112,6 +113,21 @@ Typical usage is: This option is only useful in combination with .BR \-\-write . .TP +.B "\-N, \-\-noverify-all" +Skip not included regions during automatic verification after writing (cf. +.BR "\-l " "and " "\-i" ). +You should only use this option if you are sure that communication with +the flash chip is reliable (e.g. when using the +.BR internal +programmer). Even if flashrom is instructed not to touch parts of the +flash chip, their contents could be damaged (e.g. due to misunderstood +erase commands). +.sp +This option is required to flash an Intel system with locked ME flash +region using the +.BR internal +programmer. It may be enabled by default in this case in the future. +.TP .B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>" Verify the flash ROM contents against the given .BR <file> . |