.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