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This allows flashrom to identify, read, write, erase and verify flash chips
on (some) 3COM network cards. The patch uses the external programmer
infrastructure, the network card is basically treated as an external
flash programmer.

Usage:

$ ./flashrom -p nic3com
flashrom v0.9.0-r498
Found NIC "3COM 3C905C: EtherLink 10/100 PCI (TX)" (10b7:9200), addr = 0xa400
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "Atmel AT49BV512" (64 KB) at physical address 0xffff0000.
No operations were specified.

$ ./flashrom -p nic3com -E
flashrom v0.9.0-r498
Found NIC "3COM 3C905C: EtherLink 10/100 PCI (TX)" (10b7:9200), addr = 0xa400
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "Atmel AT49BV512" (64 KB) at physical address 0xffff0000.
Erasing flash chip... SUCCESS.

$ ./flashrom -p nic3com -wv backup.bin
flashrom v0.9.0-r498
Found NIC "3COM 3C905C: EtherLink 10/100 PCI (TX)" (10b7:9200), addr = 0xa400
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "Atmel AT49BV512" (...

Usage:
flashrom --programmer dummy

This is a great way to test flashrom without root access.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r483.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r481.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Also, move more stuff to the manpage where it belongs (this also
eliminates some duplicated contents).

Corresponding to flashrom svn r460.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r451.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r450.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

He started flashrom back in 2000.

Thanks to Ron for pointing this out.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r448.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

(all-caps or no-caps for short options, exclude range syntax, etc.) we
should tell users in the man page and the usage message about this.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r447.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r427 and coreboot v2 svn r4092.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r426 and coreboot v2 svn r4089.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

 - Improve description a bit, especially wrt chip packages and
   protocols.

 - Add some missing parameters to manpage option descriptions.

 - Remove long obsolete DoC support note.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r425 and coreboot v2 svn r4088.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r402 and coreboot v2 svn r3908.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Ward Vandewege <ward@gnu.org>

- Remove the copyright listings and refer the reader to the source
  files.
- Update the author list to those which have copyright messages in the
source files.
- Correct the license from GPL v2+ to (GPL v2, with some files under
  later versions as well)

Corresponding to flashrom svn r375 and coreboot v2 svn r3852.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r271 and coreboot v2 svn r3385.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r199 and coreboot v2 svn r3133.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Ward Vandewege <ward@gnu.org>

Make the vendor name optional in the -m flashrom parameter when there's only one board name that matches

The full syntax still works, and is required when two vendors have
boards with the same names.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r190 and coreboot v2 svn r3082.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Because 'v' and 'V' are already in use, the patch uses 'R' (for release)
and, of course, '--version'.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r182 and coreboot v2 svn r3067.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Ulf Jordan <jordan@chalmers.se>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r180 and coreboot v2 svn r3059.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r178 and coreboot v2 svn r3054.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r153 and coreboot v2 svn r2875.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

 - Install binary in /usr/sbin (not /usr/bin), as it's a root-only tool.

 - Rename manpage from flashrom.1 to flashrom.8, as section 8 contains
   "System administration commands (usually only for root)".

 - Actually install the manpage upon 'make install'.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r149 and coreboot v2 svn r2866.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r114 and coreboot v2 svn r2692.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r84 and coreboot v2 svn r2531.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r79 and coreboot v2 svn r2507.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r63 and coreboot v2 svn r2431.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r59 and coreboot v2 svn r2358.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r57 and coreboot v2 svn r2349.