NAME
pilot-getromtoken - Reads a ROM token from a Palm Handheld device.
SECTION
pilot-link: Tools
SYNOPSIS
pilot-getromtoken [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[-q|--quiet] [-t|--token token] [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom]
[filename]
DESCRIPTION
Tokens you may currently extract are:
adcc: Entropy for internal A->D converter calibration
irda: Present only on memory card w/IrDA support
snum: Device serial number (from Memory Card Flash ID)
pilot-getromtoken is used to fetch the ROM from your Palm handheld for
use in debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the Palm OS
Emulator application.
Note, because pilot-getrom uses the low-level RPC protocol to fetch the
ROM image, and the new OS5 devices do not use this protocol, you
currently cannot fetch an OS5 ROM image using this utility. This will
be updated in a future release to handle fetching OS5 ROM images, using
the debugger protocol.
OPTIONS
pilot-getromtoken options
-t,
--token token
A ROM token to read (i.e. snum)
-s, --sysinfo
Print SysInfo
--ram
Read RAM
--rom
Read ROM
<filename>
Write the ROM image to the file named by <filename>. If this is
omitted, the filename will be written out as the rom version name as
follows: pilot-$VERSION.rom ,where an OS 3.5 image would be written
as the filename of pilot-3.5.0.rom.
Conduit Options
-p, --port
<port>
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this
is not specified, pilot-getrom will look for the $PILOTPORT environment
variable. If neither are found or supplied, pilot-getrom will print
the usage information.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
USAGE
Connect to a target Palm handheld and fetch the ROM for use in
debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the Palm OS
Emulator or with the CoPilot application (deprecated).
LICENSING
Warning: Please completely back up your Palm this program! The
developers of pilot-link are not responsible for any data loss that
may occur from the use of this application.
Use of this program MAY place you in violation of your license
agreement with Palmsource, Inc. or other OEM partners. Please read your
Palm documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement")
before running this program.
AUTHOR
pilot-getrom was originally written by Owen Stenseth.
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
BUGS
Known Bugs
pilot-getrom does not work with OS5 devices as yet, due to changes in
the architecture and design of the Palm HotSync protocol and file type
changes from m68k to ARM. Other than that, pilot-getrom has no known
bugs at this time.
Reporting Bugs
We have an online bug tracker. Using this is the only way to ensure
that your bugs are recorded and that we can track them until they are
resolved or closed. Reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very
useful in terms of accountability. Please point your browser to
http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your
bugs and issues there.
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
SEE ALSO
pilot-getram(1), pilot-link(7).