FPAVERSION(8) — MAINTENANCE COMMANDS

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

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