FFADO-DICE-FIRMWARE(1)

🎀 ffado-dice-firmware(1) — General Commands Manual 🎀

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for ffado-dice-firmware, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (that's the "General Commands Manual" girlies, the ones you just run in a shell 💅).

✨ NAME ✨

ffado-dice-firmware — firmware download application for DICE-based devices

like. that's the whole vibe. it downloads firmware to your DICE device. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ffado-dice-firmware [OPTION...]

that's it, that's the whole call. no positional args required, you just throw options at it and see what sticks ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ffado-dice-firmware permits firmware updates to be made to DICE-based devices under Linux.

that's the entire description fr fr. it's a Linux tool, the devices are DICE-based, and the thing it does is firmware updates. no cap. 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -h, --help — shows you a lil brief usage info and then dips out. exit stage left. 🚪
• -p, --port=NUM — tells it to use IEEE1394 port NUM. yes babes, we're picking which port, main character energy. 🔌
• -v, --verbose=LEVEL — makes it talk more. the higher the LEVEL, the more verbose the messages get — so it's giving escalating group chat energy. heads up tho: some verbose messages may only be available if FFADO was compiled with debugging enabled, so if you're not seeing everything you asked for, that's why bestie 😭
• -d, --delete=IMAGENAME — deletes an image by name. bye girl 💀
• -e, --dump=FILENAME — extracts the current DICE device flash contents into file FILENAME. little flashback, a lil archival moment 📸
• -f, --flash=FILENAME — writes firmware file FILENAME to the DICE device. this is the actual flashing one, the main event 👑
• -i, --image-info — shows detailed info about each image within the firmware that's on the device. receipts for every image 🔍
• -m, --flash-info — shows info about the flash memory on the device. just the flash memory lore 💾
• -s, --dice-info — shows DICE image vendor and product information. who made it, what is it, the whole ✨identity✨
• -t, --test OPERATION — invokes a test/debug operation. possible *OPERATION*s are 1 (POKE, write to address) and 2 (PEEK, read from address). refer to the source code for further information — yeah that's literally what it says, iykyk 🙈
• -n, --node NODE — specifies the node to operate on. pick your node, pick your fighter 🌈

⚠️ NOTES ⚠️

Manipulating firmware can cause your device to stop working. The FFADO project accepts no responsibility if this occurs as a result of using this tool.

read that again bestie. manipulating firmware can cause your device to stop working. the FFADO project accepts no responsibility if that happens as a result of using this tool. it's giving "you broke it, not us". be careful, back things up, don't be reckless with the -f okay? 🥺

and that's the page!! 🌟 this version of ffado-dice-firmware is from the FFADO project, dated 27-Mar-2012, and it's manual page FFADO-DICE-FIRMWARE(1). slay, go update some firmware responsibly, mwah 💖✨🎀🦋