On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:40:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Description : Decompress flashfiles equipped with an AWARD BIOS > > > > Awardeco is a program which can decompress BIOS images which > > contain an AWARD BIOS. > > Please specify that in this case, "BIOS images" means BIOS *logos*, > not executable images (i.e., for flashing the BIOS).
I think the description is actually correct (but should be more elaborate). As far as I know the tools not only extract the BIOS logos, but also other parts such as embedded VGA BIOSes or other blobs of whatever kinds which can be found in such BIOS binary images. Example info output (from http://linuxbios.org/index.php/X11_on_EPIA-M): awardeco via.rom -l -=AwardBIOSDeco, version 0.1 (Linux)=- AwardBIOS information: FileLength : 40000 (262144 bytes) FileName : via.rom Decompression : 37400 BootBlock : 3E000 First Module : 0000 ASUS? : NO +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # Name Description FileOffset Ratio ID | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ HINT: SkipMechanism: 1 00 ( i0100113.BIN) [ MainBIOS ROM]: 000000h, 58%, 50000000 01 ( awardext.rom) [ User-defined ;)]: 012B3Fh, 70%, 407F0000 02 ( ACPITBL.BIN) [ ACPI Patern]: 01A511h, 40%, 40030000 03 ( AwardBmp.bmp) [ EPA Pattern]: 01B919h, 11%, 40020000 04 ( _EN_CODE.BIN) [ User-defined ;)]: 01BBC3h, 44%, 40290000 05 ( awardeyt.rom) [ YGROUP ROM]: 01E1A1h, 66%, 400E0000 06 ( vpsd.bmp) [ Logo BitMap]: 021380h, 03%, 40000000 07 ( MVPSD_15.rom) [ User-defined ;)]: 02424Bh, 59%, 40800000 08 ( pxe.lom) [ User-defined ;)]: 02D6C5h, 59%, 40860000 Total Sections : 9 Uwe. -- Uwe Hermann http://www.hermann-uwe.de http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org http://www.holsham-traders.de | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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