FPAVERSION(8) — MAINTENANCE COMMANDS
NAME
fpaversion − print the Floating Point Accelerator (FPA) version
SYNOPSIS
fpaversion [ −hlqv ] [ −t [ cdhimprstvxCIMS ]]
AVAILABILITY
fpaversion(8) applies to Sun3 and Sun3x systems equipped with either an FPA or FPA+.
DESCRIPTION
fpaversion performs various tests on the FPA or FPA+. When given no arguments, it prints the microcode version number and constants currently installed on /dev/fpa. fpaversion also performs a quick test to ensure proper operation and reports whether an FPA or an FPA+ is installed.
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. Report whether an FPA or FPA+ is installed.
x Extended format instructions.
C Check checksum for microcode, mapping RAM, and constant RAM for the FPA. Check checksum for microcode RAM and constant RAM
for the FPA+.
I Allows interactive reads and writes to the FPA.
M Command register format matrix instructions.
S Shadow registers.
FILES
/dev/fpa physical FPA device
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_micro_bin microcode binaries for the FPA
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_micro_map
microcode map binaries for the FPA
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_constants microcode data file for the FPA
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_micro_bin+
microcode binaries for the FPA+
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_constants+ microcode data file for the FPA+
/usr/etc/fpa/fpa_download microcode loader
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
If a test fails, its name, along with the actual and expected results will be printed.
Sun Release 4.0 — Last change: 22 March 1989