sdram(1)

💾 sdram — bestie edition 💾

sdram(1) — Atheros SDRAM Configuration File Generator, straight outta the Qualcomm Atheros Open Powerline Toolkit. Yes queen, you're in the right place 💅

✨ NAME ✨

sdram — the Atheros SDRAM Configuration File Generator, aka your little file-making machine 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sdram

That's it. That's the whole vibe. No args, no flags, she just goes 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so. The Atheros SDRAM Configuration File Generator creates two INT6300 SDRAM configuration files, and it drops them right in the current working folder. Simple as that, no cap ✨

Either of those files can be handed to the int6kf -C option when you're initializing INT6300 devices. Want the tea on that? Go read the int6kf man page, she explains everything 💜

This program is part of the Qualcomm Atheros Powerline Toolkit. If you want the overview and the install instructions, hit up the AMP man page — it's giving full tutorial, fr fr 🫶

🔍 BACKGROUND 🔍

Configuration files for the Linux Toolkit have .cfg extensions, and they consist of 32 binary bytes plus a 32 bit checksum. Lowkey a nightmare to modify 😭 but highkey easy to verify. The format needs zero conversion on input or output, which is exactly why it's preferred over the one the Windows Device Manager uses. Iconic behavior honestly 👑

Configuration files for the Windows Device Manager have .config extensions and consist of 64 hexadecimal ASCII characters. Those ones are easy to edit with a text editor but can't be easily validated, bestie. They require ASCII-to-binary conversion on input and binary-to-ASCII conversion on output. Not the move if you care about validation 🙈

Want more on that whole situation? Read the config2cfg man page 💖

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• There are no options. — periodt. She takes no arguments, she takes no flags, she just writes files 💅✨

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

The following example writes two files, sdram16mb.cfg and sdram64.cfg, in the current working folder. Heads up though — they will replace any existing files having the same names, so don't come crying if you had something there 😭

# sdram
writing sdram16mb.cfg
writing sdram64mb.cfg

💀 DISCLAIMER 💀

The SDRAM file structure and content is proprietary to Qualcomm Atheros, Ocala FL USA. Consequently, public information is not available — it's giving mystery, it's giving locked door 🚪🔒

Qualcomm Atheros reserves the right to change the file structure or content in future firmware releases without any obligation to notify or compensate users of this program. So yeah. No warning, no text, just vibes 🙈

Bestie, please internalize this one. The format can literally change under you and nobody owes you a heads up.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• config2cfg(1)
• int6kf(1)

👑 CREDITS 👑

Charles Maier — thank you for your service, king 🫡💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! This was brought to you by open-plc-utils-0.0.3, dated November 2013 🌸 go write yourself some SDRAM config files, you absolute main character ✨💖🎀