epfirm(1M)							    epfirm(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     epfirm - maintain E-Plex 8-port Ethernet Firmware

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     epfirm [-vnfq] [ep0 | ep1 | ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     epfirm is intended	to install new firmware	in an E-Plex 8-port Ethernet
     board.  The firmware is contained within the epfirm program itself.  This
     program is	normally run by	the network initialization script as the
     system is being started (see network(1M)).

     Note that the epfirm program and driver for the E-Plex board in
     /var/sysgen/boot/if_ep.o must match each other.

     When no interface name such as ep0	is present, the	program	checks and
     update if necessary the firmware in all E-Plex boards installed in	the
     system.

     The options are:

     -q	  Suppress progress messages to	make the program quiet.

     -v	  One or more instances	of -v makes the	program	more verbose.  With
	  enough instances of -v, and when an interface	name is	not specified,
	  the program displays error messages as it probes for absent boards.

     -f	  Force	the program to install firmware	even if	it seems the board is
	  up to	date.

     -n	  Cause	the program to do nothing, to do a "dry-run" and indicate
	  whether it would have	written	new firmware.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /var/sysgen/boot/if_ep.o

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     network(1M).


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