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Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>



git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@3055 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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Stefan Reinauer
2008-01-18 15:33:49 +00:00
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.\" UCRL-CODE-2003-012
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This file is part of lxbios, a utility for reading/writing LinuxBIOS
.\" parameters and displaying information from the LinuxBIOS table.
.\" This file is part of lxbios, a utility for reading/writing coreboot
.\" parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table.
.\" For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios/>.
.\"
.\" Please also read the file DISCLAIMER which is included in this software
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
.\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
.\" 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
.\"***************************************************************************/
.TH LXBIOS 1 "December 2005" Linux
.TH LXBIOS 1 "January 2008" Linux
.SH NAME
lxbios \- read/write LinuxBIOS-related information
lxbios \- read/write coreboot-related information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "lxbios [OPTS] [-n] -r NAME"
.br
@@ -65,22 +65,22 @@ lxbios \- read/write LinuxBIOS-related information
.B "lxbios [OPTS] -h"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B "lxbios"
is a utility for reading/writing LinuxBIOS parameters and displaying
information from the LinuxBIOS table.
is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters and displaying
information from the coreboot table.
The LinuxBIOS table resides in low physical memory. It is created at boot
time by LinuxBIOS, and contains various system information such as the type
The coreboot table resides in low physical memory. It is created at boot
time by coreboot, and contains various system information such as the type
of mainboard in use. It specifies locations in the CMOS (nonvolatile RAM)
where the LinuxBIOS parameters are stored.
where the coreboot parameters are stored.
This program is intended for x86-based systems that use LinuxBIOS. For
information about LinuxBIOS, see
This program is intended for (x86-based) systems that use coreboot. For
information about coreboot, see
.br
http://www.linuxbios.org/.
http://www.coreboot.org/.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.B "[-n] -r NAME"
Show the value of the LinuxBIOS parameter given by
Show the value of the coreboot parameter given by
.B "NAME."
If
.B "-n"
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ Show all possible values for parameter given by
.B "NAME."
.TP
.B "-a"
Show the names and values for all LinuxBIOS parameters.
Show the names and values for all coreboot parameters.
.TP
.B "-w NAME=VALUE"
Assign
.B "VALUE"
to LinuxBIOS parameter given by
to coreboot parameter given by
.B "NAME."
.TP
.B "-p INPUT_FILE"
Assign values to LinuxBIOS parameters according to the contents of
Assign values to coreboot parameters according to the contents of
.B "INPUT_FILE."
The format of this file is described below.
.TP
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ input.
.B "-c [VALUE]"
If
.B "VALUE"
is present then set the CMOS checksum for the LinuxBIOS parameters to
is present then set the CMOS checksum for the coreboot parameters to
.B "VALUE."
Otherwise, show the checksum value.
.TP
.B "-l [ARG]"
If
.B "ARG"
is present then show information from the LinuxBIOS table as specified by
is present then show information from the coreboot table as specified by
.B "ARG."
Otherwise show all possible values for
.B "ARG."
.TP
.B "-d"
Do a low-level dump of the LinuxBIOS table.
Do a low-level dump of the coreboot table.
.TP
.B "-Y"
Write CMOS layout information to standard output. If redirected to a file,
@@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ option tells lxbios to obtain CMOS layout information from the contents of
Likewise, the
.B "'-t'"
option tells lxbios to obtain CMOS layout information from the CMOS option
table (contained within the LinuxBIOS table). If neither option is
table (contained within the coreboot table). If neither option is
specified, the CMOS option table is used by default.
.B "LAYOUT_FILE"
follows the format of the
.B "cmos.layout"
files provided by LinuxBIOS.
files provided by coreboot.
If the LinuxBIOS installed on your system was built without specifying
If the coreboot installed on your system was built without specifying
.B "HAVE_OPTION_TABLE,"
then the LinuxBIOS table will not contain a CMOS option table. In this case,
then the coreboot table will not contain a CMOS option table. In this case,
the
.B "'-y LAYOUT_FILE'"
option must be used.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ assignment is constructed as follows:
Here,
.B "NAME"
is the name of a LinuxBIOS parameter and
is the name of a coreboot parameter and
.B "VALUE"
is the value that will be assigned to
.B "NAME."