From 42eb17fc5ed4feb8f6b2f8f2b20626d539861afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uwe Hermann Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:48:51 +0000 Subject: Minor documentation improvements/fixes in the README and manpage Corresponding to flashrom svn r180 and coreboot v2 svn r3059. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann Acked-by: Uwe Hermann --- README | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 994a1638..0ee4ba95 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ Flashrom README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This is the universal (coreboot) flash utility. +Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI +flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. + +(see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) + Build Requirements ------------------ @@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ no coreboot table is found: ROM Layout Support ------------------ -Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of +Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows: 00000000:00008fff gfxrom @@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?). Disk on Chip support -------------------- -Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable. +Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable. Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it: Remove -DDISABLE_DOC from CFLAGS. -- cgit v1.2.3