opal-gard

NAME

opal-gard - GUARD Partition manipulation tool for OpenPower hardware

SYNOPSIS

opal-gard [ -e | -f file | -p ] command

DESCRIPTION

opal-gard allows reading of the GUARD partition on OpenPower hardware though the exposed mtd flash interface. The actual device (usually /dev/mtd0) is automatically detected.

Options

-e, --ecc Force reading/writing with ECC bytes.
-f, --file file

Don’t search for the /dev/mtd device, use file instead.

-p, --part

Used in conjunction with -f to specify that just the GUARD partition is in the file and that libffs shouldn’t be used.

Commands

command may be one of the following