Hi, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:17:12PM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: > Uwe Hermann schrieb am Sun 19. Oct, 22:26 (+0200): > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > * Package name : nvramtool > > Version : 2.1 > > Upstream Author : David S. Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : http://www.coreboot.org/Nvramtool > > * License : GPL-2, some files BSD-licensed > > Programming Lang: C > > Description : Read/write coreboot-related NVRAM/CMOS information > > > > nvramtool is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters in > > NVRAM/CMOS > > and displaying information from the so-called 'coreboot table'. > > . > > 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 NVRAM/CMOS > > (nonvolatile RAM) where the coreboot parameters are stored. > > . > > This program mostly intended for (x86-based) systems that use coreboot, but > > can also be used for non-coreboot system (e.g. for dumping all NVRAM > > bytes). > > There's already a nvram tool in powerpc-ibm-utils. Is your tool a > replacement for it? Is your tool intended for !(ia32|ia64) architectures?
It's not a replacement for 'nvram' in powerpc-ibm-utils, no. At the very least the coreboot-related features are surely not available in that 'nvram'. And yes, it's mostly intended/tested on x86 for now, no idea if it works on powerpc or other architectures. It reads the standard x86 CMOS/RTC bytes (128 or 256 bytes), not sure if that's available in that form on powerpc. Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
