| .TH opal-gard 1 "19 June 2015" |
| .SH NAME |
| opal-gard \- GUARD Partition manipulation tool for OpenPower hardware |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| \fBopal-gard\fP [ \-e | \-f \fIfile\fP | \-p ] |
| \fIcommand\fP |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBopal-gard\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 |
