NAME
flashctl —
a program to manipulate
flash devices
SYNOPSIS
flashctl |
device command
[arg
[...]] |
DESCRIPTION
flashctl could be used to invoke low level operations specific
to flash devices. It is used by specifying a device to manipulate, the command
to perform, and any arguments the command may require.
DEVICE COMMANDS
The following commands may be used on flash devices:
-
-
- badblocks
- List the bad blocks on the device.
-
-
- erase
offset size
- Erase size amount of flash memory
from offset. Size could be
all, which means the rest of the flash after
offset will be erased.
-
-
- identify
- Identify the specified device, displaying the device's
vendor, product strings, and the device's capabilities.
-
-
- markbad
offset
- Mark the block given by its offset as
bad.
SEE ALSO
flash(4)
HISTORY
The
flashctl command first appeared in
NetBSD
6.0.
AUTHORS
The
flashctl command was written by
Adam
Hoka.