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'.

       --set ip address
              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