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For example, if you have a standard ROM image but you want to apply custom data to a specific region when flashing. This allows the user to supply a ROM-sized file to '-w' but also patch its content using files supplied to '-i'.

In the write case, filenames supplied as arguments to '-i' options take precedence.

In the read case, supplying a filename as an argument to '-r' will produce a ROM-sized file in addition to files produced for '-i' arguments which specify a filename.

For example, if you wish to write sections FOO and BAR from a 4MB file to a 4MB flash chip, you could do: flashrom -p -i FOO -i BAR -w filename.bin. If a file is not supplied, flashrom will operate on a file that is the same size as the targeted flash chip.

Selectively include regions To include a region in a read/write operation, use the -i option: -i| -image only access image from flash layout The argument is optional and has an interesting effect on -r and -w. This allows scripts (especially factory installer and autoupdate) to selectively update regions without spending a lot of time reading or updating the entire flash memory. Partial Reads and Writes Flashrom can be instructed to target only a specific region on the flash chip. More details about how to run it with Servo are available and. The ME region can be identified by running dump_fmap on the firmware image here is an example from Link. This means that if you make a backup of your flash contents with flashrom -p host -r backup.bin and then try to restore backup.bin via servo, the ME region will be overwritten with 0xff bytes and your system will no longer boot. Warning: when running flashrom on an x86 host, the Intel Management Engine (ME) firmware region will be read back as 0xff bytes, and writes to the ME region will be silently discarded. The most commonly used command-line switches are. It can be found at the following URL: Basic Usage This section will cover basic command-line usage. The version which is used in Chrome OS devices and in the CrOS SDK is a forked version with some CrOS-specific modifications. Flashrom is an open-source project hosted. It can be run both on the target machine (field updates) or on a user's workstation to flash via an external programmer such as Servo, Dediprog SF100, Bus Pirate and more.

Overview Flashrom is a userspace utility we use primarily to update host (AP/PCH) firmware, but can also be used to update firmware on other components such as ECs.

Flashrom supports flashing SPI chips which are. Openbiosprog-spi is an Open Hardware USB-based programmer for SPI.