[flashrom] Why is ther not a simple How to?

[Dan Perry]

I find this is true of a lot of utilities. Why is there not a simple step by 
step How to.. ? I have looked over the documentation and now I know how to 
make a donation but to hell if anything even gives me a hint as to how I flash 
my BIOS.

The one link that I can find that says "How can I use flashrom?" looks like:


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.TH FLASHROM 8 "Jun 06, 2010"
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.SH NAME
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flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-R\fR|\
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\fB\-L\fR|\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR <file>|\fB\-w\fR <file>|\
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\fB\-v\fR <file>]
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         [\fB\-c\fR <chipname>] [\fB\-m\fR [<vendor>:]<board>] \
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[\fB\-l\fR <file>]
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         [\fB\-i\fR <image>] [\fB\-p\fR <programmername>[:<parameters>]]

etc.

???????????????????

Does that mean anything to anybody?

Please, I need to flash my ASUS p5b Deluxe motherboard.  What do I do?

Download the BIOS version I want to use and burn it to a disc?
Burn flashrom onto the same disc?

I'm sure people put a lot of effort into flashrom, but it is utterly pointless 
if nobody can use it or you need a background in computer science, because 
that makes it useful to such a small group that whats the point?
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