redx(1M)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | CAUTION | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXAMPLES

NAME

redx- remote emulation debugger

SYNOPSIS

redx [-chnlq?] [file [arg...]]
redx [-q] -xredx_interpreter_cmd...

CAUTION

Only your service provider should execute this command except during software installation and updates. If installation instructions provided by Sun Microsystems tell you to use this command, do so exactly as instructed. Improper use can cause catastrophic operating system failure.

DESCRIPTION

redx is a debug and maintenance support program for the Sun Enterprise 10000 system. It is associated with the POST program, but is generally useful for other low-level hardware and firmware debugging.

A command interpreter, redx reads commands interactively, from script files, or when used with the -x option, from the invoking command line. It features extensive online help. To access this help from within the program, type help or ?, and redx lists available command names and explains the other help facilities.

At start-up, redx reads the optional start-up script, .redxrc, if it is present in the current directory. If redx does not find it in the current directory, it looks in the user's home directory. If redx cannot find the script in either directory, or if the -n option is specified, the script is not used.

OPTIONS

Dash arguments can be grouped, as in -qn, or issued separately, such as -q -n. They can appear in any order, except that -x, when used, must be the last dash option. Numeric arguments are assumed to be decimal, or hex if prefaced with 0x or x.

-c

Do not use the curses library functions for input/output. The command history and scrollable output window functions are not available in this mode. -c makes redx usable when only simple tty connections to the SSP are available.

-h

Print help listing.

-l

Initiate in local mode, with no access to JTAG. Use this option for parsing functions, or for safe, offline examination of hardware dump files.

-n

Do not read the startup file, .redxrc.

-q

Use quiet mode, suppressing normal screen output.

-x redx_interpreter_cmd ...

Execute the specified interpreter command (or commands) from the command line, then exit. Characters special to the shell must be escaped (see sh(1)). This option implies -n.

-?

Print help listing.

EXAMPLES

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Example 1 Displaying Option Explanations




redx -?

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Example 2 Displaying More Information




redx -x ?

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SSP 3.5  Last Revised 1 Aug 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | CAUTION | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXAMPLES