NAME

       MesaFlash - utility to flash Mesa Electronics FPGA Cards

SYNOPSIS

       mesaflash [options] [commands]

DESCRIPTION

       mesaflash Read, write, configure Mesa Electronics FPGA cards.

OPTIONS

       --device name
              Select  active  device name. If no command is given it will detect board with given name and print
              info about it.

              The special values "ETHER", "SPI" and "AUTO" will attempt to detect a device on ethernet, SPI,  or
              any interface; --addr still needs to be specified for non-PCI devices.

       --addr [ip]|[device]
              Use  ip  or device name to look for <name> (IP address for Ethernet boards, serial device name for
              USB boards and serial boards, SPI device name for SPI boards)

       --addr_hi
              Set the high register address for the EPP interface.

       --epp  Use EPP interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43,
              7i90, 7i64).

       --usb  Use USB interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43,
              7i90, 7i64).

       --spi  Use SPI interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43,
              7i90, 7i64).

       --serial
              Use serial interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple  interfaces  (7i43,  7i90,
              7i64).

       --fallback
              Use the fallback area of the FLASH memory while executing commands.

       --recover
              Access board using PCI bridge GPIO (currently only 6I24/6I25).

       --xml  Format output from 'readhmid' command into XML.

       --dbname# name
              Set  daughter  board  name  to  'name'  for  FPGA  connector  'N'.   Allows  readhmid  to  include
              daughterboard terminal names, where # can be in the range 1 to 6 (1 means first FPGA connector).

       --verbose
              Print detailed information while running commands.

COMMANDS

       --write filename
              Writes a standard bitfile 'filename' configuration to the userarea of the FLASH memory (IMPORTANT!
              'filename' must be VALID FPGA configuration file).

       --fix-boot-block
              If a write operation does not detect a valid boot block, write one.

       --no-auto-verify
              Don't automatically verify after writing.

       --verify filename
              Verifies the FLASH memory configuration against the bitfile 'filename'.

       --program filename
              Writes a standard bitfile 'filename' configuration to the  FPGA  (IMPORTANT!  'filename'  must  be
              VALID FPGA configuration file).

       --backup-flash filename|dirname
              Backup all content the FLASH memory to the file 'filename' or to the directory 'dirname' with auto
              naming dump file.

       --restore-flash filename
              Restore all content the FLASH memory from a file 'filename' (IMPORTANT! Can't use a dump file from
              different types of boards. Unacceptable interrupt the restoring process.  If the restoring process
              was  interrupted, do not turn off the board power and do not reload board, and run restore process
              again). Required SHA256 checksum file 'filename.sha256'.

       --sha256-check
              Integrity check  FPGA  configuration  bitfile  before  writing.   Required  SHA256  checksum  file
              'filename.sha256'.

       --readhmid
              Print hostmot2 configuration in PIN file format.

       --print-pd
              Print hostmot2 Pin Descriptors.

       --reload
              Do full FPGA reload from FLASH memory (only Ethernet, SPI and PCI boards).

       --reset
              Do full firmware reset (only Ethernet and serial boards).

       --sserial
              Print full information about all sserial remote boards.

       --rpo address
              Read hostmot2 variable directly at 'address'.

       --wpo address value
              Write hostmot2 variable directly at 'address' with 'value'.

       --setip="n.n.n.n"
              Set board IP address in EEPROM memory to n.n.n.n (only Ethernet boards).

       --info filename
              Print info about configuration in 'filename'.

       --help Print the help message

BUGS

       No known bugs.

AUTHOR

       LinuxCNC Developer Community <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>

       Michael Geszkiewicz <micges@wp.pl>

       Peter Wallace <tech@mesanet.com>

COPYRIGHT

       GNU GPL v2+ License

       Copyright (c) 2020 Sebastian Kuzminsky

       Copyright (c) 2019 Peter Wallace

       Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Michael Geszkiewicz

version 3.4.6                                    November 5 2022                                    MESAFLASH(1)