ASTRIBANK_HEXLOAD(8)ASTRIBANK_HEXLOAD(8)NAME
astribank_tool - Xorcom Astribank (xpp) firmware loader
SYNOPSIS
astribank_tool -D device-path <-F|-p> [options] hexfile
astribank_tool [-h]
DESCRIPTIONastribank_hexload is a second-stage firmware loader for Xorcom Astrib‐
anks. Note that some older models use fpga_load(8) instead.
It is used to load a file in the Intel HEX format into a Xorcom Astrib‐
ank. It can be used to load either an FPGA firmware or a PIC firmware.
It is normally run by the script xpp_fxloader.
OPTIONS-D device-path
Required. The device to read from/write to. On modern UDEV-based
system this is usually /dev/bus/usb/bus_num/device_num, where
bus_num and device_num are the first two numbers in the output
of lsusb(8). On older systems that use usbfs, it is usually
/proc/bus/usb/bus_num/device_num.
-F
The firmware to load is a FPGA firmware.
-p
The firmware to load is a PIC firmware.
-v
Increase verbosity. May be used multiple times.
-d mask
Set debug mask to mask. Default is 0, 0xFF is "everything".
-h
Displays usage message.
SEE ALSOfxload(8), lsusb(8), astribank_tool(8), fpga_load(8)AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xor‐
com.com> . Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Ver‐
sion 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
29 March 2009 ASTRIBANK_HEXLOAD(8)