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.

HISTORY

The flashctl command first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS

The flashctl command was written by Adam Hoka.