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coreboot-utils-4.21p0

utilities to work on firmware images and hardware

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Description

coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems. As an Open Source project it provides auditability and maximum control over technology. This package contains the following utilities to work on firmware images or to communicate with hardware: * cbfstool Management utility for CBFS formatted ROM images * cbmem CBMEM parser to read e.g. timestamps and console log * ectool Dump the RAM of a laptop's Embedded/Environmental Controller (EC) * ifdtool Extract and dump Intel Firmware Descriptor information * nvramtool Read/Write coreboot parameters from coreboot table

Package information

Ports path
sysutils/coreboot-utils
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
sysutils, devel
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
amd64

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