Release Notes
These are the release notes for mstflint. mstflint supports Linux operating system. Please see the
supported platform table for further details.The tools functionality is identical in all operating systems
unless otherwise noted.
Package Tools
The following is a list of the available tools in the package, together with a brief description of each
tool. The tools apply to single switch systems or adapter cards.
The mstflint tools do not provide cluster wide functionality.
Category Tool Description
Firmware
Update and
Configuratio
n
mstflin
t
This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expansion ROM image to the
Flash of a Mellanox network adapter/ switch device. It includes query
functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.
mstco
nfig
Allows the user to change some of the device configurations without having to
create and burn a new firmware.
mstfw
manag
er
The mstwmanager is a Mellanox firmware update and query utility. It provides
a simple 'single click' firmware update functionality.
Note: The same tool with embedded firmware binaries is released separately
and is named mlxup.
mstar
chive
The mstarchive tool allows the user to create a file with the mfa2 extension.
The new file contains several binary files of a given firmware for different
adapter cards.
Debug and
Diagnostics
Utilities
mstre
gdump
Dumps device internal configuration data.
mstmc
ra
Reads/writes a single word from/to a device configuration register space
mstvp
d
Reads PCI device VPD
mstfw
reset
Load Firmware after firmware update on ISFU capable devices.(5th generation
devices)
mstfwt
race
Extracts and prints trace messages generated by the firmware of 5th
generation devices. This tool supports secure firmware flow only.
mstre
g
Exposes supported access registers, and allows users to obtain information
regarding the registers fields and attributes, and to set and get data with
specific register.
mstlin
k
Displays and configures port related data at the physical layer.
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