Add a debug marker after ICH SPI opcode programming.

[coreboot.git] / util / flashrom / flashrom.8

diff --git a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
index 007cd9e837622920c0a612f63277032b03809f51..b62ad9e934a0214831e28fee377a35f3ca46ac46 100644 (file)
--- a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
+++ b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-.TH FLASHROM 8 "January 18, 2008"
+.TH FLASHROM 8 "June 22, 2008"
 .SH NAME
 flashrom \- a universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
+.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfLhR\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
          [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B 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, for example.
-
+.sp
 (see
 .B http://coreboot.org
 for details on coreboot)
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ Exclude start position (obsolete).
 .B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> 
 Exclude end postion (obsolete).
 .TP
-.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
+.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <[vendor:]part>
 Override mainboard settings. This option is needed for some mainboards,
 see the
-.B flashrom
-README for a list.
+.B "flashrom \-\-list\-supported"
+output for a list. The vendor is not required when the board name is unique.
 .TP
 .B "\-f, \-\-force"
 Force write without checking whether the ROM image file is really meant
@@ -61,11 +61,22 @@ Only flash image
 .B <name>
 from flash layout.
 .TP
+.B "\-L, \-\-list\-supported"
+List the ROM chips, chipsets, and mainboards supported by flashrom.
+The list of mainboards consists of those boards which need a special
+ROM write-enable function for flashrom to work.
+.sp
+There are many other boards which will work out of the box, without such
+special support in flashrom. Some of the known-good/known-bad and tested ones
+are listed at
+.BR http://coreboot.org/Flashrom#Supported_mainboards ,
+but the list is not exhaustive, of course.
+.TP
 .B "\-h, \-\-help"
 Show a help text and exit.
-.\".TP
-.\".B "\-\-version"
-.\"Show version information and exit.
+.TP
+.B "\-R, \-\-version"
+Show version information and exit.
 .SH BUGS
 Please report any bugs at
 .BR http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/newticket ","