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flashrom:tldr:bc82a
flashrom: Read flash and save it to a file.
$ flashrom -p ${programmer} --read ${filename}
try on your machine
The command flashrom -p ${programmer} --read ${filename}
is used to read the contents of a flash memory chip using the flashrom utility.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
flashrom
is the name of the command-line utility used to interact with flash memory chips.-p
is a flag used to specify the programmer interface to be used.${programmer}
is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual programmer interface you want to use. For example, if you are using a USB programmer, you might replace${programmer}
withusb
.--read
is an option that tells flashrom to perform a read operation on the flash memory chip.${filename}
is another placeholder that should be replaced with the name of the file you want to save the read contents to. For example, if you want to save the contents to a file namedmy_flash_dump.bin
, you would replace${filename}
withmy_flash_dump.bin
.
So, the overall command is telling flashrom to use a specific programmer interface (specified by ${programmer}
), and perform a read operation on the flash memory chip, saving the contents to a file with the name ${filename}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.