ethcheck(8) BSD System Manager's Manual ethcheck(8)
NAME
ethcheck -- check the integrity of Broadcom Ethernet devices' firmware.
SYNOPSIS
ethcheck --integrity-check [-b filename]
ethcheck --show-hashes [-b filename]
ethcheck --save -b filename
ethcheck --cleanup -b filename
ethcheck --version
ethcheck --help
DESCRIPTION
Ethcheck is an application-layer tool to check the integrity of Broadcom
Ethernet devices' firmware.
The following commands can be used with ethcheck:
--integrity-check attempt to automatically determine which firmware you
are running, integrity check against the appropriate file, and report the
check result. It requires root privileges.
--integrity-check -b filename integrity check the firmware image, and
report the check result.
--show-hashes print the hashes for the current system's Ethernet devices'
firmware to stdout. It requires root privileges.
--show-hashes -b filename print the hashes for the given firmware image
to stdout.
--save -b filename save this Ethernet device(s)'s firmware in file. It
requires root privileges. File name(s) will begin with specificed file-
name and be selected according to device ID(s), machine model name, and
firmware's version(s). E.g. filename-eth0-0x14e4-0x1686.nvram.bin
--cleanup -b filename zero any privacy-sensitive data (such as MAC
address), enabling the file to be shared for analysis.
--version print out ethcheck version number.
--help display a short help.
May 25, 2017
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