NAME

fpaversion, fpa_download − print FPA version, load microcode

SYNOPSIS

fpaversion [ −hlqv ] [ −t [ cdhimprstvxCIMS  ]]

DESCRIPTION

fpaversion performs various tests on the FPA (floating point accelerator).  With no arguments, it prints the version number of the microcode and constants that are currently installed on /dev/fpa, and performs a quick test to ensure proper operation. 

OPTIONS

−h Help.  Print command-line summary. 

−l Loop through tests infinitely. 

−q Quiet output.  Print out only error messages. 

−v Verbose output. 

−t Specify certain tests:

c Command register format instructions. 

d Double precision format instructions. 

h Help.  Print summary of test specifiers. 

i Imask register. 

m Mode register. 

p Simple pipe sequencing. 

r User registers for all contexts. 

s Single precision format instructions. 

t Status generation. 

v Print version number and date of microcode and constants. 

x Extended format instructions. 

C Check checksum for microcode, mapping RAM, and constant RAM. 

M Command register format matrix instructions. 

S Shadow registers. 

FILES

/dev/fpa physical FPA device

/usr/etc/fpa/fpamicro∗
microcode binaries for specific versions

/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_constants
microcode data file

/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_download
microcode loader

SEE ALSO

fparel(8), sysdiag(8)

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  13 Dec 1990