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authorGeoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>2008-01-15 22:26:00 -0800
committerGeoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>2008-01-15 22:26:00 -0800
commit24ab2e42e834687a48eac4edebfde35b97dc2797 (patch)
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downloadps3-utils-24ab2e42e834687a48eac4edebfde35b97dc2797.tar.gz
ps3-flash-util.8: General cleanups.
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.\" License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
.\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
.\"
+.\" Maintainer's note: For syntax help see the man pages for 'mdoc' and
+.\" 'mdoc.samples'.
+.\"
.Dd ""
.Dt ps3-flash-util 8
.Os
+.\"
.Sh NAME
+.\" ====
.Nm ps3-flash-util
.Nd PS3 flash memory utility
+.\"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.\" ========
.Nm
-.Op Fl hsgorzFLv
-.Op Fl d Ar flash-dev
-.Op Fl w Ar image-file
-.Op Fl P Ar owner Ar key
-.Op Fl D Ar owner Ar key Ar dword
-.Op Fl W Ar owner Ar key Ar word
-.Op Fl H Ar owner Ar key Ar half
-.Op Fl R Ar owner Ar key
+.Op Fl d, -device Ar flash-dev
+.Op Fl s, -show-settings
+.Op Fl w, -write-image Ar image-file
+.Op Fl g, -set-game-os | Fl o, -set-other-os
+.Op Fl r, -set-raw | Fl z, -set-gzip
+.Op Fl F, -db-format
+.Op Fl P, -db-print Ar owner Ar key
+.Op Fl D, -db-dword Ar owner Ar key Ar dword
+.Op Fl W, -db-word Ar owner Ar key Ar word
+.Op Fl H, -db-half Ar owner Ar key Ar half
+.Op Fl R, -db-remove Ar owner Ar key
+.Op Fl L, -db-list-known
+.Op Fl h, -help
+.Op Fl v, -verbose
+.Op Fl -version
+.\"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.\" ===========
The ps3-flash-util utility is used to operate on the system flash ROM
of the PS3 game console.
+.\"
.Sh OPTIONS
+.\" =======
.Bl -tag -width indent
.\"
-.It Fl h
-Print a help message.
-.\"
-.It Fl d Ar flash-dev
-Use the flash device node
+.It Fl d, -device Ar flash-dev
+Use the flash device node
.Ar flash-dev
(default=/dev/ps3flash).
.\"
-.It Fl s
-Show the current flash settings.
+.It Fl s, -show-settings
+Show the current flash settings (non-destructive).
.\"
-.It Fl w Ar image-file
-Write the Other OS image
+.It Fl w, -write-image Ar image-file
+Write the Other OS image
.Ar image-file
-to flash memory ('-' for data on stdin).
+to flash memory and update the OS area header with information for the
+new image. This is the option to use to write a new bootloader image
+to flash memory. Use '-' for data on stdin.
.\"
-.It Fl g
-Set the boot flag to Game OS.
+.It Fl g, -set-game-os
+Set the system boot flag to Game OS.
.\"
-.It Fl o
-Set the boot flag to Other OS.
+.It Fl o, -set-other-os
+Set the system boot flag to Other OS.
.\"
-.It Fl r
-Set the compression flag to raw (not compressed).
+.It Fl r, -set-raw
+Set the Other OS image compression flag to raw (not compressed).
.\"
-.It Fl z
-Set the compression flag to gzip compressed.
+.It Fl z, -set-gzip
+Set the Other OS image compression flag to gzip compressed.
.\"
-.It Fl F
+.It Fl F, -db-format
Format (write) an empty Other OS database to flash memory.
Any existing data in the flash memory will be lost.
.\"
-.It Fl P Ar owner Ar key
+.It Fl P, -db-print Ar owner Ar key
Print owner:key database entries. A negative one (-1) value for owner or key
can be used as a wildcard to match any owner or key.
.\"
-.It Fl D Ar owner Ar key Ar dword
+.It Fl D, -db-dword Ar owner Ar key Ar dword
Add or update a 64 bit owner:key database entry. The
.Ar dword
argument supports input matching the scanf "%Li" format specification.
.\"
-.It Fl W Ar owner Ar key Ar word
+.It Fl W, -db-word Ar owner Ar key Ar word
Add or update a 32 bit owner:key database entry. The
.Ar word
argument supports input matching the scanf "%Li" format specification.
.\"
-.It Fl H Ar owner Ar key Ar half
+.It Fl H, -db-half Ar owner Ar key Ar half
Add or update a 16 bit owner:key database entry. The
.Ar half
argument supports input matching the scanf "%Li" format specification.
.\"
-.It Fl R Ar owner Ar key
+.It Fl R, -db-remove Ar owner Ar key
Remove an owner:key entry from the database. A negative one (-1) value for owner or key
can be used as a wildcard to match any owner or key.
.\"
-.It Fl L
+.It Fl L, -db-list-known
List known database owners and keys.
.\"
-.It Fl v
+.It Fl h, -help
+Print a help message.
+.\"
+.It Fl v, -verbose
Program verbosity level. The level is additive.
+.\"
+.It Fl -version
+Display the program version number.
.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.\" ========
+.Xr ps3-boot-game-os 8 , Xr ps3-dump-bootloader 8
+.\"
.Sh AUTHOR
+.\" ======
Written by Masato Noguchi and Geoff Levand.
-.SH REPORTING BUGS
+.\"
+.Sh REPORTING BUGS
+.\" ==============
Report bugs to Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>.