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authorCyril Bur <cyril.bur@au1.ibm.com>2015-06-19 14:49:01 +1000
committerStewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-06-19 15:12:57 +1000
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external/gard: Add gard manual page
Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <cyril.bur@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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+.TH GARD 1 "19 June 2015"
+.SH NAME
+gard \- GUARD Partition manipulation tool for OpenPower hardware
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBgard\fP [ -e | -f \fIfile\fP | -p ]
+\fIcommand\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBgard\fP allows reading of the GUARD partition on OpenPower hardware though the exposed mtd flash interface. The actual device (usually \fB/dev/mtd0\fR) is automatically detected.
+.SS Options
+\fB-e, --ecc\fP
+Force reading/writing with ECC bytes.
+.TP
+\fB-f, --file\fP \fIfile\fR
+Don't search for the \fB/dev/mtd\fR device, use \fIfile\fP instead.
+.TP
+.TP
+\fB-p, --part\fP
+Used in conjunction with -f to specify that just the GUARD partition is in the \fIfile\fR and that libffs shouldn't be used.
+.SS Commands
+\fIcommand\fP
+may be one of the following
+.TP
+\fBlist\fP
+List current GARD records
+.TP
+\fBshow\fP
+Show details of a GARD record
+.TP
+\fBclear\fP
+Clear GARD records
+.TP
+.TP