STLLOAD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual STLLOAD(8)NAMEstlload - Stallion Technologies multiport serial board down loader
SYNOPSISstlload [-vhVR] [-i image-file] [-c control-device] [-r rx-buf-size] [-t
tx-buf-size] [-B boot-banner] [-b unit-number]
DESCRIPTIONstlload is used to download the firmware code to Stallion Technologies
intelligent multiport serial boards. A firmware download is only re-
quired for those boards that use the Stallion stli driver. This includes
the EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard and Brumby families of boards.
Different board types require different firmware images. If the wrong
firmware is loaded into a board it will fail to operate.
The download process is achieved through the Stallion stli driver control
device, /dev/stliomemX. This device implements a file type device that
can read and write into the boards shared memory region. It also imple-
ments a number of special ioctls that reset and restart the board.
The options are:
-v Verbose output generation. Trace is generated at each phase of
the download and startup process.
-h Output usage information.
-V Output version information.
-R Reset the board only. Does not proceed to download firmware to
the board.
-i image-file
Specify the firmware image file to download. The default firmware
image is /usr/libdata/stallion/cdk.sys.
-c control-device
Specify the board control device through which to download the
firmware and start up the board. The default is /dev/stliomem0.
-r rx-buf-size
Specify the size of the boards shared memory Receive Data buffer.
By default the buffer is dynamically sized to use the maximum
available shared memory.
-t tx-buf-size
Specify the size of the boards shared memory Transmit Data buffer.
By default the buffer is dynamically sized to use the maximum
available shared memory.
-B boot-banner
Enable the slave debug trace flag during download. This enables
debug trace output from the firmware code. This trace is output
on port 0 of the board, and the port is set to 9600 baud, 8 data
bits, no parity and 1 stop bit.
-b unit-number
Specify the unit (board) number to be downloaded. The default is
to download board 0.
stlload is typically run from /etc/rc.hardware. A sample script is pro-
vided as /etc/rc.hardware/stli.proto, showing typical usage. Normally
this is all that will be required.
FILES
/usr/libdata/stallion/cdk.sys firmware code to EasyConnection 8/64
class boards
/usr/libdata/stallion/2681.sys firmware code to ONboard and Brumby class
boards
SEE ALSOstl(4), stlstats(8), rc(8)HISTORY
This program was originally developed by Greg Ungerer (gerg@stal-
lion.com).
BSDI BSD/OS Jul 8, 1996 2
