On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:40:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Description : Decompress flashfiles equipped with an AWARD BIOS
> >
> > Awardeco is a program which can decompress BIOS images which
> > contain an AWARD BIOS.
>
> Please specify that in this case, "BIOS images" means BIOS *logos*,
> not executable images (i.e., for flashing the BIOS).
I think the description is actually correct (but should be more
elaborate). As far as I know the tools not only extract the BIOS logos,
but also other parts such as embedded VGA BIOSes or other blobs
of whatever kinds which can be found in such BIOS binary images.
Example info output (from http://linuxbios.org/index.php/X11_on_EPIA-M):
awardeco via.rom -l
-=AwardBIOSDeco, version 0.1 (Linux)=-
AwardBIOS information:
FileLength : 40000 (262144 bytes)
FileName : via.rom
Decompression : 37400
BootBlock : 3E000
First Module : 0000
ASUS? : NO
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # Name Description FileOffset Ratio ID |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
HINT: SkipMechanism: 1
00 ( i0100113.BIN) [ MainBIOS ROM]: 000000h, 58%, 50000000
01 ( awardext.rom) [ User-defined ;)]: 012B3Fh, 70%, 407F0000
02 ( ACPITBL.BIN) [ ACPI Patern]: 01A511h, 40%, 40030000
03 ( AwardBmp.bmp) [ EPA Pattern]: 01B919h, 11%, 40020000
04 ( _EN_CODE.BIN) [ User-defined ;)]: 01BBC3h, 44%, 40290000
05 ( awardeyt.rom) [ YGROUP ROM]: 01E1A1h, 66%, 400E0000
06 ( vpsd.bmp) [ Logo BitMap]: 021380h, 03%, 40000000
07 ( MVPSD_15.rom) [ User-defined ;)]: 02424Bh, 59%, 40800000
08 ( pxe.lom) [ User-defined ;)]: 02D6C5h, 59%, 40860000
Total Sections : 9
Uwe.
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