NAME

       flexloader - GPL utility to configure SRAM based ALTERA devices via the ALTERA ByteBlaster

SYNOPSIS

       flexloader [options] [parport_dev] [rbf_filename]

DESCRIPTION

       flexloader  is a small utility to configure SRAM based ALTERA devices.  It downloads a code to the device
       SRAM using the ALTERA ByteBlaster or compatible JTAG programmer. It dialogs with it through the  parallel
       interface, using parport. Note that you should have access rights to the parallel port.

       It  should support APEX20K, FLEX10K, FLEX6000 and ACEX1K families, though I only tested it on a FLEX10K10
       device.

       It currently only support files in raw binary format (.rbf), but others format such as HEX or TTF may  be
       implemented later.

OPTIONS

       -d, --debug
              Print debug messages.

       -q, --quiet
              Quiet mode, don't print any message, useful when called from scripts.

       -v     Returns the program version.

       -h, --help
              Print help screen

AUTHOR

       Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005 Aurelien Jarno

       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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

                                                January 09, 2005                                   FLEXLOADER(1)