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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /sys-apps/flashrom/metadata.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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1 files changed, 66 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-apps/flashrom/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/flashrom/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fbc371b02ad6 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-apps/flashrom/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>idl0r@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Christian Ruppert</name> + </maintainer> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>peter@stuge.se</email> + <name>Peter Stuge</name> + <description>Please CC on all bugs</description> + </maintainer> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Proxy Maintainers</name> + </maintainer> + <use> + <flag name="atahpt">Highpoint (HPT) ATA/RAID controller support</flag> + <flag name="atapromise">Support for Promise PDC2026x (FastTrak/Ultra)</flag> + <flag name="atavia">Support for VIA VT6421A SATA controllers</flag> + <flag name="bitbang_spi">Bitbanging SPI infrastructure</flag> + <flag name="buspirate_spi">Enable Bus Pirate SPI programmer</flag> + <flag name="ch341a_spi">Enable WCH CH341A SPI programmer</flag> + <flag name="dediprog">Dediprog SF100 support</flag> + <flag name="drkaiser">Enable Dr. Kaiser programmer</flag> + <flag name="dummy">Enable dummy tracing</flag> + <flag name="ft2232_spi">Enable ftdi programmer, flashing through FTDI/SPI USB interface</flag> + <flag name="gfxnvidia">Enable NVIDIA programmer</flag> + <flag name="internal">Enable internal/onboard support</flag> + <flag name="internal_dmi">Enable internal DMI decoding rather than use <pkg>sys-apps/dmidecode</pkg></flag> + <flag name="it8212">Support for ITE IT8212F ATA/RAID controllers</flag> + <flag name="linux_spi">Enable support for Linux userspace spidev interface</flag> + <flag name="mstarddc_spi">Support for SPI flash ROMs accessible through DDC in MSTAR-equipped displays</flag> + <flag name="nic3com">Enable 3Com NIC programmer</flag> + <flag name="nicintel">Support for Intel NICs</flag> + <flag name="nicintel_eeprom">Support for EEPROMs on Intel Gigabit network cards</flag> + <flag name="nicintel_spi">Support for SPI on Intel NICs</flag> + <flag name="nicnatsemi">Support for National Semiconductor NICs</flag> + <flag name="nicrealtek">Support for Realtek NICs</flag> + <flag name="ogp_spi">Enable support for OGP (Open Graphics Project) SPI flashing</flag> + <flag name="pickit2_spi">SUpport for SPI flash ROMs accessible via Microchip PICkit2</flag> + <flag name="pony_spi">Enable support for SI-Prog like hardware by Lancos</flag> + <flag name="rayer_spi">RayeR SPIPGM hardware support</flag> + <flag name="satasii">Enable programmer for SiI SATA controllers</flag> + <flag name="satamv">Enable programmer for Marvell SATA controllers</flag> + <flag name="serprog">Enable Serial Flasher programmer</flag> + <flag name="tools">Install additional tools</flag> + <flag name="usbblaster">Enable support for Altera USB-Blaster dongles</flag> + <flag name="usbblaster_spi">Enable support for Altera USB-Blaster dongles</flag> + <flag name="wiki">Enable wiki informations, like supported devices etc.</flag> + </use> + <longdescription lang="en"> +flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It is designed to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images on mainboards, network/graphics/storage controller cards, and various other programmer devices. + + Supports more than 380 flash chips, 260 chipsets, 450 mainboards, 50 PCI devices, 12 USB devices and various parallel/serial port-based programmers. + Supports parallel, LPC, FWH and SPI flash interfaces and various chip packages (DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, TSOP40, TSOP48, BGA and more) + No physical access needed, root access is sufficient (not needed for some programmers). + No bootable floppy disk, bootable CD-ROM or other media needed. + No keyboard or monitor needed. Simply reflash remotely via SSH. + No instant reboot needed. Reflash your chip in a running system, verify it, be happy. The new firmware will be present next time you boot. + Crossflashing and hotflashing is possible as long as the flash chips are electrically and logically compatible (same protocol). Great for recovery. + Scriptability. Reflash a whole pool of identical machines at the same time from the command line. It is recommended to check flashrom output and error codes. + Speed. flashrom is often much faster than most vendor flash tools. + Portability. Supports DOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like OSes. Partial Windows support is available (no internal programmer support at the moment, hence no "BIOS flashing"). + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |