int6kmdio2 - Qualcomm Atheros 32-bit MDIO Register Editor

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  ARGUMENTS  DEVICES  REFERENCES  DISCLAIMER  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO  CREDITS 

NAME

int6kmdio2 - Qualcomm Atheros 32-bit MDIO Register Editor

SYNOPSIS

int6kmdio2 [options] [device] [device] [...]

DESCRIPTION

Read or write the global MDIO registers on an Atheros powerline device using multiple VS_MDIO_COMMAND vendor-specific management messages. Commands are entered using 32-bit register and data values then converted to three equivalent 16-bit commands. The default operation is to read a register. Registers are written only if data is specified on the command line.

This program writes MDIO instructions using 802.3ae Clause 45 (address, data and mask) format. See program int6kmdio for a similar program to write instructions using 802.3 Clause 22 (phy, reg, data and mask) format.

This program is deprecated and may be removed in future toolkit releases. Use program plcmdio32 instead.

OPTIONS

-a address

The 19-bit global register address. Some devices may not support all possible addresses. Addresses may be expressed in decimal, hexadecimal or binary notation. Hexadecimal values must be prefixed with "0x" or "0X". Binary values must be prefixed with "0b" or "0B".

-d data

A 32-bit data value to be inserted into the specified register. The specified data value is written when this option is present; otherwise the specified register is read and the content is displayed. Data values may be expressed in decimal, hexadecimal or binary notation. Hexadecimal values are prefixed with "0x" or "0X". Binary values are prefixed with "0b" or "0B".

-e

Redirects stderr messages to stdout. By convention status and error messages are printed on stderr while primary program output is printed on stdout. This option prints all output on stdout in cases where this is desired.

-h

Write high order-byte before low-order byte. This option is only useful on some architectures.

-i interface

Select the host Ethernet interface. All requests are sent via this host interface and only reponses received via this host interface are recognized. The default interface is eth1 because most people use eth0 as their principle network connection; however, if environment string "PLC" is defined then it takes precedence over the default interface. This option then takes precedence over either default.

-q

Suppresses status messages on stderr.

-v

Prints additional information on stdout. In particular, this option dumps outgoing Ethernet packets on stdout.

-?,--help

Displays program help information on stderr. This option takes precedence over all other options on the command line except version information.

-!,--version

Displays program version information on stderr. This option takes precedence over all other options on the command line except help information. Use this option when sending screen dumps to Atheros technical staff.

ARGUMENTS

device

The MAC address of some powerline device. More than one address may be specified. If more than one address is specified then operations are performed on each device in turn. The default address is local. See DEVICES for information about symbolic device addresses.

DEVICES

Powerline devices use Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. A MAC address is a 48-bit value entered as 12 hexadecimal digits in upper, lower or mixed character case. Octets may be separated with colons for clarity. For example, "00b052000001", "00:b0:52:00:00:01" and "00b052:000001" are valid and equivalent.

The following MAC addresses are special and may be entered by name instead of number.

all

Same as "broadcast".

broadcast

A synonym for the Ethernet broadcast address, FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. All devices, whether local, remote or foreign recognize messages sent to this address. A remote device is any device at the far end of a powerline connection. A foreign device is any device not manufactured by Atheros.

local

A synonym for the Qualcomm Atheros vendor specific Local Management Address (LMA), 00:B0:52:00:00:01. All local Atheros devices recognize this address but remote and foreign devices do not. A remote device is any device at the far end of a powerline connection. A foreign device is any device not manufactured by Atheros.

REFERENCES

See the Qualcomm Atheros HomePlug AV Firmware Technical Reference Manual for technical information.

DISCLAIMER

Atheros HomePlug AV Vendor Specific Management Message structure and content is proprietary to Qualcomm Atheros, Ocala FL USA. Consequently, public information may not be available. Qualcomm Atheros reserves the right to modify message structure and content in future firmware releases without any obligation to notify or compensate users of this program.

EXAMPLES

None.

SEE ALSO

plc(1), int6kmod(1), int6kmdio(1), int6kmdio2(1), mdioblock(1), mdioblock2(1), mdiodump(1), mdiogen(1), plcmdio16(1), plcmdio32(1)

CREDITS

Nathaniel Houghton
Charles Maier


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