fpgaflash

SYNOPSIS

fpgaflash [-h] {user,factory} file [bdf]

DESCRIPTION

fpgaflash updates the static FIM image loaded from flash at power-on.

If there are multiple devices in the system, fpgaflash must specify a BDF to select the correct device. If no BDF is specified, fpgaflash prints out the BDFs of any compatible devices.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

{user, factory}

type of flash programming

A user update only reprograms the user image in flash.

A factory update reprograms the entire flash.  A catastrophic failure during a factory update such as a power outage requires a USB cable and quartus_pgm to recover.

file

rpd file to program into flash.

bdf

BDF of device to program such as 04:00.0 or 0000:04:00.0. This flag is optional when there is a single device in the system.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

-h, --help

Print usage information.

EXAMPLE

fpgaflash user new_image.rpd 0000:04:00.0

Programs new_image.rpd to flash of device with BDF 0000:04:00.0.