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MVME5100 VPD Reference Information
MVME5100 Single Board Computer Programmer’s Reference (6806800H17B )
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VPD Definitions - FLASH Memory Configuration Data on page 301
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VPD Definitions - L2 Cache Configuration Data on page 302
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VPD Definitions - VPD Revision Data on page 304
A.1.1 How to Read the VPD Information
There are several ways to read VPD information:
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Version command - ver
Displays most of the identification strings and hardware clock frequencies
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Serial EEPROM command - srom;i
Can be used as a byte viewer
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Indirect block move command - ibm<addr>;i
Reads the entire SROM block to memory
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Memory display command - md<addr>
Can be used to display a VPD block which has been copied to memory
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Network I/O physical command - niop
Can be used to upload a VPD block from memory to a network file
A.1.2 How to Modify the VPD Information
The following commands can be used to modify the VPD information in various ways:
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Serial EEPROM command - srom;i
Can be used as a byte editor
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Network I/O physical command - niop
Can be used to download a VPD block from a network file to memory
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Indirect block move command - ibm<addr>;iw
Writes a block of memory into the SROM