4.4BSD/usr/src/old/dlmpcc/dlmpcc.8

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.\"     @(#)dlmpcc.8	6.6 (Berkeley) 5/10/91
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.Dd May 10, 1991
.Dt DLMPCC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dlmpcc
.Nd download
.Tn MPCC
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm dlmpcc
.Op n
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Dlmpcc
downloads
.Tn CCI's
Multi-Protocol
Communication Controller
.Pq Tn MPCC .
The controller provides high-speed
synchronous communications for the
.Tn POWER
5 and
.Tn POWER
6 families of computers.
This utility allows you to 
download any or all of the
.Tn MPCC
boards.
The configuration file
.Pa mpcctab
determines
the protocol attributes for each
.Tn MPCC
board. See
.Xr mpcctab 4
for details. 
.Pp
If you specify the command with no argument, then
.Xr dlmpcc
scans the configuration file
.Pa mpcctab
and downloads all configured boards
with corresponding protocol software.
.Pp
Available option:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar n
Specify one or
more
.Tn MPCC
boards for downloading. The valid values range from
.Sy 0-15 .
For example, the following command line orders
.Nm dlmpcc
to download only the protocol software identified with board 2:
.Pp
.Dl dlmpcc  2
.Pp
The next command line orders the download of the protocols identified with
boards 0 and 3: 
.Pp
.Dl dlmpcc  0  3
.El
.Pp
Typically, this download function is performed at boot time from the
.Pa /etc/rc.local
file with an entry similar to:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
/usr/sbin/dlmpcc > /dev/console 2>&1
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mpcctab 4 ,
.Xr rc 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 tahoe .