sendiso(1)

💖 sendiso(1) — Linux IEEE 1394 💖

okay bestie, so this is sendiso, a lil Linux IEEE 1394 tool, and honestly? she's giving debug-tool main character energy. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

sendiso — send IEEE 1394 isochronous packets from a dump file 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sendiso [ options ] FILE

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So sendiso takes the dump file FILE — the kind that dumpiso(1) generates — and it pulls the packets out of it, then sends them off exactly how they came in: same order, same channel numbers, and as fast as physically possible. Timing of the original dump is not preserved, so don't come here expecting a replay, because it's not one. it's a speedrun. 😌

⚠️ okay this part matters: this program does not allocate any isochronous resources. she just... starts sending. no asking, no setup, no permission slip.

Because of that, it should not be used in live environments where it might interfere with properly set up isochronous transmissions. like, genuinely, don't. it's a debug and performance benchmarking tool, periodt. it's for vibes-testing in a lab, not for your actual working bus 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -l, --loop=COUNT — send the dump file COUNT times. defaults to 1, so if you say nothing she does it once and dips ✨
• -i, --infinite — send that dump file in an endless loop. forever. no brakes. iconic honestly 💀
• -s, --speed=SPEED — send the packets at speed SPEED. you can write it as 100, 200 or 400 (that's in Mbit/s), or you can be lazy and abbreviate to 1, 2 and 4. defaults to 100 🌈
• -p, --port=PORT — pick port PORT for sending. a "port" here is a 1394 card or chip, and each one represents one connected bus, so this only matters when you've got multiple of them (flex much? 👑). defaults to 0 💜
• -h, --help — show the help text and exit. the classic. the beloved. 🎀

😭 BUGS 😭

None known. she's flawless. no cap 💅✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• dumpiso(1)
• isodump(5)

go read those too bestie, iykyk 🍓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andreas Bombe <aeb@debian.org> 💖

okay that's the whole page, and the cute lil sign-off at the bottom says this is libraw1394 2.1.2, part of the sendiso(1) fam. mwah, bye bestie 🧚💜