STLLOAD(8) BSD/i386 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]
DESCRIPTION
The stlload utility is used to download the firmware code to Stallion
Technologies intelligent multiport serial boards. A firmware download is
only required 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 Stallion EasyConnection 8/64 Host Adapter PCI cards DO NOT require
firmware to be loaded.
The download process is achieved through the Stallion stli driver control
device, /dev/staliomem?. 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/staliomem0.
-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 buf‐
fer. By default the buffer is dynamically sized to use the maxi‐
mum 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.
The stlload utility would typically be run from /etc/rc.d/serial.
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
/dev/staliomem? driver board control device
SEE ALSOstl(4), stli(4), stlstats(8)HISTORY
This program was originally developed by Greg Ungerer
⟨gerg@stallion.com⟩.
BSD January 8, 1998 BSD
