From 99d1595329190de2a09785e8e2017ecfc397eb23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Huber Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 16:54:24 +0200 Subject: 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 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/17950 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer --- flashrom.8.tmpl | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'flashrom.8.tmpl') 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 [:] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR |\fB\-w\fR |\fB\-v\fR ] \ [\fB\-c\fR ] - [\fB\-l\fR [\fB\-i\fR ]] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-f\fR]] + [\fB\-l\fR [\fB\-i\fR ]] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-N\fR] \ +[\fB\-f\fR]] [\fB\-V\fR[\fBV\fR[\fBV\fR]]] [\fB-o\fR ] .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 " Verify the flash ROM contents against the given .BR . -- cgit v1.2.3