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Manage aliases kept in FLASH memory
      alias name [value]
Set/Query the system console baud rate
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Manage machine caches
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Manage flash images
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Execute code at a location
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Network connectivity test
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      -h &lt;host&#62;
Reset the system
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Display RedBoot version information
      version
Display (hex dump) a range of memory
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>There is one additional, special command. When RedBoot detects '$' or '+'
(unless escaped via '\') in a command, it switches to GDB protocol mode. At this
point, the eCos GDB stubs take over, allowing connections from a GDB host.
The only way to get back to RedBoot from GDB mode is to restart the platform.</P
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>The standard RedBoot command set is structured around the bootstrap
environment. These commands are designed to be simple to use and remember,
while still providing sufficient power and flexibility to be useful. No attempt
has been made to render RedBoot as the end-all product. As such, things such
as the debug environment are left to other modules, such as GDB stubs, which
are typically included in RedBoot. </P
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125			`><P`
126			`>RedBoot provides three basic classes of commands: <P`
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132			`></LI`
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134			`><P`
135			`>Flash image and configuration management</P`
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161			`suitable default values provided if they are not present.`
162
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201			`>A boolean switch; the behavior of the command will differ, depending`
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203			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
204			`><B`
205			`>-f</B`
206			`></TT`
207			`> switch`
208			`indicates that a complete initialization of the FIS data should be performed.`
209			`There may be many such switches available for any given command and any or all of`
210			`them may be present, in any order.</TD`
211			`><TD`
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217			`> RedBoot> <TT`
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219			`><B`
220			`>fis init -f</B`
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244			`><B`
245			`>-b 0x100000</B`
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247			`> specifies where the memory dump should begin.`
248			`There may be many such switches available for any given command and any or all of`
249			`them may be present, in any order.</TD`
250			`><TD`
251			`WIDTH="33%"`
252			`ALIGN="LEFT"`
253			`VALIGN="TOP"`
254			`> <TT`
255			`CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"`
256			`> RedBoot> <TT`
257			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
258			`><B`
259			`>dump -b 0x100000 -l 0x20</B`
260			`></TT`
261			`></TT`
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280			`>A simple value; some commands require a single parameter for which an additional`
281			`<TT`
282			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
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284			`>-X</B`
285			`></TT`
286			`> switch would be redundant. In the example, <TT`
287			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
288			`><B`
289			`>JFFS2</B`
290			`></TT`
291			`>`
292			`is the name of a flash image. The image name is always required, thus is no need to qualify it with`
293			`a switch.`
294			`Note that any un-qualified operand must always appear at the end of the command.</TD`
295			`><TD`
296			`WIDTH="33%"`
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299			`> <TT`
300			`CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"`
301			`> RedBoot> <TT`
302			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
303			`><B`
304			`>fis delete JFFS2</B`
305			`></TT`
306			`></TT`
307			`>`
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312			`><P`
313			`></P`
314			`></DIV`
315			`> </P`
316			`><P`
317			`>The list of available commands, and their syntax, can be obtained by`
318			`typing <B`
319			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
320			`>help</B`
321			`> at the command line:`
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329			`CLASS="SCREEN"`
330			`>RedBoot> <TT`
331			`CLASS="USERINPUT"`
332			`><B`
333			`>help</B`
334			`></TT`
335			`>`
336			`Manage aliases kept in FLASH memory`
337			`alias name [value]`
338			`Set/Query the system console baud rate`
339			`baudrate [-b <rate>]`
340			`Manage machine caches`
341			`cache [ON \| OFF]`
342			`Display/switch console channel`
343			`channel [-1\|<channel number>]`
344			`Display disk partitions`
345			`disks`
346			`Display (hex dump) a range of memory`
347			`dump -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s]`
348			`Manage flash images`
349			`fis {cmds}`
350			`Manage configuration kept in FLASH memory`
351			`fconfig [-i] [-l] [-n] [-f] [-d] \| [-d] nickname [value]`
352			`Execute code at a location`
353			`go [-w <timeout>] [entry]`
354			`Help about help?`
355			`help [<topic>]`
356			`Set/change IP addresses`
357			`ip_address [-l <local_ip_address>] [-h <server_address>]`
358			`Load a file`
359			`load [-r] [-v] [-d] [-c <channel>] [-h <host>] [-m {TFTP \| HTTP \| {x\|y}MODEM \| disk}]`
360			`[-b <base_address>] <file_name>`
361			`Network connectivity test`
362			`ping [-v] [-n <count>] [-t <timeout>] [-i <IP_addr]`
363			`-h <host>`
364			`Reset the system`
365			`reset`
366			`Display RedBoot version information`
367			`version`
368			`Display (hex dump) a range of memory`
369			`x -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s]</PRE`
370			`></TD`
371			`></TR`
372			`></TABLE`
373			`></P`
374			`><P`
375			`>Commands can be abbreviated to their shortest`
376			`unique string. Thus in the list above, <B`
377			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
378			`>d,du,dum</B`
379			`>`
380			`and dump are all valid for the <B`
381			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
382			`>dump</B`
383			`> command. The <B`
384			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
385			`>fconfig</B`
386			`>`
387			`command can be abbreviated <B`
388			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
389			`>fc</B`
390			`>, but`
391			`<B`
392			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
393			`>f</B`
394			`> would be ambiguous with <B`
395			`CLASS="COMMAND"`
396			`>fis</B`
397			`>.</P`
398			`><P`
399			`>There is one additional, special command. When RedBoot detects '$' or '+'`
400			`(unless escaped via '\') in a command, it switches to GDB protocol mode. At this`
401			`point, the eCos GDB stubs take over, allowing connections from a GDB host.`
402			`The only way to get back to RedBoot from GDB mode is to restart the platform.</P`
403			`><DIV`
404			`CLASS="NOTE"`
405			`><BLOCKQUOTE`
406			`CLASS="NOTE"`
407			`><P`
408			`><B`
409			`>NOTE: </B`
410			`>Multiple commands may be entered on a single line, separated by the semi-colon “;” character.</P`
411			`></BLOCKQUOTE`
412			`></DIV`
413			`><P`
414			`>The standard RedBoot command set is structured around the bootstrap`
415			`environment. These commands are designed to be simple to use and remember,`
416			`while still providing sufficient power and flexibility to be useful. No attempt`
417			`has been made to render RedBoot as the end-all product. As such, things such`
418			`as the debug environment are left to other modules, such as GDB stubs, which`
419			`are typically included in RedBoot. </P`
420			`><P`
421			`>The command set may be also be extended on a platform basis. </P`
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