flashctl
—
a program to manipulate flash devices
flashctl |
device command
[arg [...]] |
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.
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.
The flashctl
command first appeared in
NetBSD 6.0.
The flashctl
command was written by
Adam Hoka.