https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom

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https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom

firmware-tools firmware-update firmware-updater firmware-updates

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom
• Owner: flashrom
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2011-03-13T16:28:46.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-24T02:19:59.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-24T18:55:59.351Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: firmware-tools, firmware-update, firmware-updater, firmware-updates
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://review.coreboot.org/admin/repos/flashrom,general
• Size: 16.1 MB
• Stars: 882
• Watchers: 57
• Forks: 450
• Open Issues: 98
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
flashrom README

===============

flashrom is a utility for detecting, reading, writing, verifying and erasing

flash chips. It is 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 flash chips (most commonly found in SOIC8, DIP8,

SOIC16, WSON8, PLCC32, DIP32, TSOP32, and TSOP40 packages), which use various

protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI.

Do not use flashrom on laptops (yet)! The embedded controller (EC) present in

many laptops might interact badly with any attempts to communicate with the

flash chip and may brick your laptop.

Please make a backup of your flash chip before writing to it.

Please see the flashrom(8) manpage :doc:`classic_cli_manpage`.

The list of platforms that package flashrom can be found on `repology.org `_.

Information about recent releases can be found in :doc:`/release_notes/index`.

Building / installing / packaging

---------------------------------

flashrom is built with **meson**. TLDR:

::

    meson setup builddir

    meson compile -C builddir

    meson test -C builddir

    meson install -C builddir

For full detailed instructions, follow the information in

:doc:`dev_guide/building_from_source`.

If you are interested in development, have a look at :doc:`dev_guide/development_guide`.

Contact

-------

The official flashrom website is:

  https://www.flashrom.org/

For available contact methods see :doc:`contact`