Nvramtool - Revision history

PatrickGeorgi: /* Installation */ svn bad. git good.

2013-03-20T18:40:37Z

‎Installation: svn bad. git good.

Uwe at 16:40, 19 September 2010

2010-09-19T16:40:00Z

Stepan: /* Installation */

2009-10-30T18:25:53Z

‎Installation

Hailfinger: Mention cmos_util as well

2009-05-28T21:37:15Z

Mention cmos_util as well

JodyMcIntyre: nvramtool is useful for non-coreboot systems

2009-01-22T21:25:23Z

nvramtool is useful for non-coreboot systems

Uwe: nvramtool is now available in Debian unstable.

2008-10-28T23:00:46Z

nvramtool is now available in Debian unstable.

Uwe: /* coreboot v2 */

2008-10-05T18:14:23Z

‎coreboot v2

Uwe: /* Commonly used CMOS/NVRAM options */

2008-10-05T14:49:42Z

‎Commonly used CMOS/NVRAM options

Uwe: /* coreboot v2 */

2008-10-05T14:40:40Z

‎coreboot v2

Uwe: /* coreboot v2 */

2008-10-05T14:34:06Z

‎coreboot v2

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 '''Manual Installation'''
-  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/util/nvramtool'''
+  $ '''git clone http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git'''
-  $ '''cd nvramtool'''
+  $ '''cd coreboot/util/nvramtool'''
   $ '''make'''
   $ '''sudo make install''' (optional)

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 '''Manual Installation'''
-  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/util/nvramtool
+  $ '''svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/util/nvramtool'''
-  $ cd nvramtool
+  $ '''cd nvramtool'''
-  $ make
+  $ '''make'''
-  $ sudo make install  (optional)
+  $ '''sudo make install''' (optional)
 '''Debian'''
-  $ sudo aptitude install nvramtool
+  $ '''sudo aptitude install nvramtool'''
 == Using nvramtool ==
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 Running nvramtool on a system running coreboot would yield a result like this:
-   # ./nvramtool -a
+   $ '''./nvramtool -a'''
    boot_option = Fallback
    last_boot = Fallback
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 == Commonly used CMOS/NVRAM options ==
-=== coreboot v2 ===
+=== coreboot v4 ===
 {| border="0"
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 == Things to know ==
-# coreboot will ignore the CMOS table if the checksum is incorrect, and will fallback to its hardcoded defaults.
+* coreboot will ignore the CMOS table if the checksum is incorrect, and will fallback to its hardcoded defaults.
-# coreboot does not initialize the CMOS/NVRAM to default values. In other words, until you set values with nvramtool, your CMOS table will have an incorrect checksum, and will simply be ignored.
+* coreboot does not initialize the CMOS/NVRAM to default values. In other words, until you set values with nvramtool, your CMOS table will have an incorrect checksum, and will simply be ignored.
-# Not all of the fields that nvramtool can set are used by coreboot on every mainboard.
+* Not all of the fields that nvramtool can set are used by coreboot on every mainboard.
-# Some of the fields are used by [[payloads]] - for instance all the fields that start with 'boot_' in the list above. [[FILO]] and [[Etherboot]] are two examples of bootloaders parsing NVRAM values (See their pages for a list of known variables)
+* Some of the fields are used by [[payloads]] &mdash; for instance all the fields that start with '''boot_''' in the list above. [[FILO]] and [[Etherboot]] are two examples of bootloaders parsing NVRAM values (see their pages for a list of known variables).
 == Old websites ==
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 * http://www.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios/lxbios.html (dead)
-* https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios.html
+* https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios.html (dead)
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxbios/
 {{GPL}}

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 '''Manual Installation'''
-  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/util/nvramtool
+  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk/util/nvramtool
   $ cd nvramtool
   $ make

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:37, 28 May 2009
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−	'''nvramtool''' (previously known as '''lxbios''') is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table in CMOS/NVRAM.	+	'''nvramtool''' (previously known as '''lxbios''' and '''cmos_util''') is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table in CMOS/NVRAM.

	The program is intended only for x86-based Linux systems that use coreboot, but can also be used for non-coreboot systems (e.g. for dumping all NVRAM bytes).		The program is intended only for x86-based Linux systems that use coreboot, but can also be used for non-coreboot systems (e.g. for dumping all NVRAM bytes).

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 '''nvramtool''' (previously known as '''lxbios''') is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table in CMOS/NVRAM.
-The program works only on x86-based Linux systems that use coreboot.
+The program is intended only for x86-based Linux systems that use coreboot, but can also be used for non-coreboot systems (e.g. for dumping all NVRAM bytes).
 == Installation ==

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 | baud_rate
 | src/pc80/serial.c
-| Serial port BAUD rate.
+| The serial port BAUD rate setup by coreboot.
-| 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200.
+| 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | debug_level
 | src/console/console.c
-| coreboot debugging level.
+| The coreboot debugging level.
-| Notice, Info, Debug, Spew.
+| Notice, Info, Debug, Spew
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | ECC_memory
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 | interleave_chip_selects
 | src/northbridge/amd/amdk8/raminit.c<br />src/northbridge/amd/amdk8/raminit_f.c
-| Enable, Disable
 | Enable, Disable
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"

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 |}
-=== Payloads ===
+=== FILO 0.6 ===
 == Things to know ==