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Description: Universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility
Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for ROM/flash chips
(e.g. in DIP or PLCC packaging). It can be used to flash BIOS/firmware
images for example -- be it proprietary BIOS images or LinuxBIOS images.
It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a
flash chip.
Description: Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
flashrom is a tool for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing
flash chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images
in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of
network cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which
can program flash chips.
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It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, TSOP40,
and TSOP48 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel
flash, or SPI.
.
The tool can be used to flash BIOS/firmware images for example -- be it
proprietary BIOS images or coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) images.
.
It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a
flash chip.
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-Universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility
- Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for ROM/flash chips
- (e.g. in DIP or PLCC packaging). It can be used to flash BIOS/firmware
- images for example -- be it proprietary BIOS images or LinuxBIOS images.
+Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
+ flashrom is a tool for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing
+ flash chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images
+ in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of
+ network cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which
+ can program flash chips.
+ .
+ It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, TSOP40,
+ and TSOP48 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel
+ flash, or SPI.
+ .
+ The tool can be used to flash BIOS/firmware images for example -- be it
+ proprietary BIOS images or coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) images.
+ .
It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a
flash chip.