TS-4710 NVRAM: Difference between revisions
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Note that the command 'tshwctl --nvram' will output the current contents of NVRAM before setting any new values. At this point, running 'tshwctl --nvram' will | Note that the command 'tshwctl --nvram' will output the current contents of NVRAM before setting any new values. At this point, running 'tshwctl --nvram' once more will print the updated contents for verification. This can be used for reading a 32-bit quantity and updating it with a single command. |
Latest revision as of 16:56, 2 April 2018
The RTC has an included 128-byte battery-backed NVRAM which can be accessed using tshwctl. Its contents will remain with the main power off, so long as the RTC battery is installed and withing a valid voltage range.
tshwctl --nvram
This will return a format such as:
nvram0=0xf7f8a73e nvram1=0x2fef5ae0 nvram2=0x48ca4278 ... nvram31=0x70544510
This breaks up the NVRAM into 32 32-bit registers which can be accessed in bash. As this uses the name=value output, "eval" can be used for simple parsing:
eval `tshwctl --nvram`
echo $nvram2
From the above value, this would return 0x48ca4278. To set values, the respective environment variable name can be set:
nvram0=0x42 tshwctl --nvram
Note that the command 'tshwctl --nvram' will output the current contents of NVRAM before setting any new values. At this point, running 'tshwctl --nvram' once more will print the updated contents for verification. This can be used for reading a 32-bit quantity and updating it with a single command.