.TH MESAFLASH 1 "November 5 2022" "version 3.4.6"
.SH NAME
MesaFlash \- utility to flash Mesa Electronics FPGA Cards
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mesaflash [options] [commands]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mesaflash
Read, write, configure Mesa Electronics FPGA cards.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI --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.
.TP
.BI --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)
.TP
.B --addr_hi
Set the high register address for the EPP interface.
.TP
.B --epp
Use EPP interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple
interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43, 7i90, 7i64).
.TP
.B --usb
Use USB interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple
interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43, 7i90, 7i64).
.TP
.B --spi
Use SPI interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple
interfaces (7c80, 7c81, 7i43, 7i90, 7i64).
.TP
.B --serial
Use serial interface to connect to board, only for boards with multiple
interfaces (7i43, 7i90, 7i64).
.TP
.B --fallback
Use the fallback area of the FLASH memory while executing commands.
.TP
.B --recover
Access board using PCI bridge GPIO (currently only 6I24/6I25).
.TP
.B --xml
Format output from 'readhmid' command into XML.
.TP
.BI --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).
.TP
.B --verbose
Print detailed information while running commands.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.BI --write " filename"
Writes a standard bitfile 'filename' configuration to the userarea of
the FLASH memory (IMPORTANT! 'filename' must be VALID FPGA configuration file).
.TP
.B --fix-boot-block
If a write operation does not detect a valid boot block, write one.
.TP
.B --no-auto-verify
Don't automatically verify after writing.
.TP
.BI --verify " filename"
Verifies the FLASH memory configuration against the bitfile 'filename'.
.TP
.BI --program " filename"
Writes a standard bitfile 'filename' configuration to the FPGA
(IMPORTANT! 'filename' must be VALID FPGA configuration file).
.TP
.BI --backup-flash " filename|dirname"
Backup all content the FLASH memory to the file 'filename'
or to the directory 'dirname' with auto naming dump file.
.TP
.BI --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'.
.TP
.B --sha256-check
Integrity check FPGA configuration bitfile before writing.
Required SHA256 checksum file 'filename.sha256'.
.TP
.B --readhmid
Print hostmot2 configuration in PIN file format.
.TP
.B --print-pd
Print hostmot2 Pin Descriptors.
.TP
.B --reload
Do full FPGA reload from FLASH memory (only Ethernet, SPI and PCI boards).
.TP
.B --reset
Do full firmware reset (only Ethernet and serial boards).
.TP
.B --sserial
Print full information about all sserial remote boards.
.TP
.BI --rpo " address"
Read hostmot2 variable directly at 'address'.
.TP
.BI --wpo " address value"
Write hostmot2 variable directly at 'address' with 'value'.
.TP
.BI --set ip="n.n.n.n"
Set board IP address in EEPROM memory to n.n.n.n (only Ethernet boards).
.TP
.BI --info " filename"
Print info about configuration in 'filename'.
.TP
.B --help
Print the help message
.SH BUGS
No known bugs.
.SH AUTHOR
LinuxCNC Developer Community <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
.PP
Michael Geszkiewicz <micges@wp.pl>
.PP
Peter Wallace <tech@mesanet.com>
.SH COPYRIGHT
GNU GPL v2+ License
.PP
Copyright (c) 2020 Sebastian Kuzminsky
.PP
Copyright (c) 2019 Peter Wallace
.PP
Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Michael Geszkiewicz