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.\" $NetBSD: flashctl.8,v 1.2 2011/02/27 23:28:12 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Department of Software Engineering,
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.\" University of Szeged, Hungary
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Adam Hoka <ahoka@NetBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.Dd February 27, 2011
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.Dt FLASHCTL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm flashctl
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.Nd a program to manipulate flash devices
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar device
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.Ar command
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.Oo
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.Ar arg Oo ...
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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could be used to invoke low level operations specific to flash devices.
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It is used by specifying a device to manipulate,
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the command to perform, and any arguments the command may require.
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.Sh DEVICE COMMANDS
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The following commands may be used on flash devices:
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.Bl -tag -width erase_offset_size
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.It Cm badblocks
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List the bad blocks on the device.
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.It Cm erase Ar offset Ar size
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Erase
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.Ar size
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amount of flash memory from
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.Ar offset .
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Size could be
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.Ar all ,
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which means the rest of the flash after
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.Ar offset
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will be erased.
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.It Cm identify
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Identify the specified device, displaying the device's vendor, product
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strings, and the device's capabilities.
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.It Cm markbad Ar offset
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Mark the block given by its
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.Ar offset
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as bad.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr flash 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Nx 6.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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command was written by
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.An Adam Hoka .
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