GENWQE_ECHO(1)

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version 4.0.20 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 genwqe_echo — the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about genwqe_echo, aka the IBM Hardware Accelerator Tool 💅 she's a command-line utility, she lives in section 1 of the manual, and she is genuinely so useful once you know what she does. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

genwqe_echo — the IBM Hardware Accelerator Tool. that's the whole vibe. she accelerates. she echoes. she serves. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

genwqe_echo [OPTIONS]

that's it. no positional args to worry about, just you and your options, living your best life ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically genwqe_echo sends echo DDCBs — either to the service layer or to other chip units. what's it for? two iconic jobs, no cap:

  • checking the card's health 🩺
  • producing stress on the card so you can verify it's functioning correctly 🔥

and here are all the options, every single one, in order, because we do not gatekeep here:

  • -h, --help — shows you the help. classic. beloved. always there for you 🫶
  • -v, --verbose — verbose mode, aka she tells you everything that's happening, main character energy 💬
  • -C, --card=CARDNO|RED — pick your card number, or use RED. note that RED is for Card Redundant mode, iykyk 🎀
  • -A, --accelerator-type=GENWQE|CAPI — choose your accelerator type: GENWQE or CAPI. heads up though: CAPI is only available for System p 💀
  • -q, --quiet — quiets the output. shhh 🤫
  • -V, --version — prints the version ✨
  • -H, --hardware-version — prints the hardware version 🔧
  • -c, --count=COUNT — set the count, bestie 🔢
  • -X, --cpu=CPU — only run on this CPU number 📌
  • -D, --debug — creates extended debug data when a failure happens 🐛
  • -e, --exit-on-err — exits the program the moment it sees an error, no chill, straight to the door 🚪
  • -f, --flood — flood mode 🌊
  • -l, --preload=1..N — preload from 1 to N, where N <= 64 ⚠️ (respect the limit, she said what she said)
  • -i, --interval=INTERVAL_USEC — set the interval, in microseconds ⏱️
  • -s, --string=TESTSTRING — set your TESTSTRING 🍓
  • -p, --polling — uses DDCB polling mode 👀
fr fr, that's the complete list. don't skip any of them, they're all there for a reason 💜

🧚 a lil sign-off 🧚

this page is from genwqe_echo 4.0.20, dated August 2025 — so yeah, she's current, she's relevant, she ate and left no crumbs 🌈💖 go check your cards' health, bestie, you got this! 🎀✨

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