.TH FFADO-BRIDGECO-DOWNLOADER 1 27-Mar-2012 "ffado-bridgeco-downloader"
.SH NAME
ffado-bridgeco-downloader \- firmware download application for BridgeCo 
devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "ffado-bridgeco-downloader [OPTION...] OPERATION
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ffado-bridgeco-downloader
permits firmware updates to be made to BridgeCo (aka BeBoB) devices under 
Linux.
.I OPERATION
describes the action to be carried out.  An
.I OPERATION
is introduced with the GUID of the device to operate on.  This is followed
by one of the following keywords and any arguments required by that keyword.
.TP
.B display
Display information about the interface
.TP
.B setguid NEW_GUID
Set the device's GUID to
.I NEW_GUID
.TP
.B firmware FILE
Download the firmware file
.I FILE
to the device.
.TP
.B cne FILE
Download the CnE file
.I FILE
to the device.
.TP
.B bcd FILE
Parse the BeBoB BCD file
.I FILE
and display information about the contents.
.sp
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-?, \-\-help, \-\-usage"
Display brief usage information and exit
.TP
.B "\-V, \-\-version"
Show the program version and exit
.TP  
.B "\-p, \-\-port=NUM"
Specify use of IEEE1394 port
.I NUM
.TP   
.B "\-v, \-\-verbose=LEVEL"
Produce verbose output.  The higher the
.I LEVEL
the more verbose the messages.  The some verbose messages may only be
available of FFADO was compiled with debugging enabled.
.TP
.B "\-b, \-\-noboot"
Do not start the bootloader.  Use this if the bootloader is already running.
.TP
.B "\-f, \-\-force"
Force firmware download in the event the program doesn't think it's a good 
idea.  Use with caution.
.TP
.B "\-m, \-\-magic=MAGIC"
A magic number you have to obtain before this program will work.  Specifying
it on the command line means that you accept the risks which come with this
tool.  The magic number can be obtained in the source code.
.sp
.SH NOTES
Manipulating firmware can cause your device to stop working.  The FFADO
project accepts no responsibility if this occurs as a result of using this
tool.