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+><H2
+>Name</H2
+>help -- Display help on available commands</DIV
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+>Synopsis</H2
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>help</B
+> [<TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+> topic</I
+></TT
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+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+>Type</TH
+><TH
+WIDTH="25%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
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+><TH
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+><TBODY
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>topic</I
+></TT
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="25%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+>String</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="25%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
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+>Which command to provide help for.</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="25%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
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+>All commands</TD
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+></A
+><H2
+>Description</H2
+><P
+>The <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>help</B
+> command displays information about the available
+RedBoot commands. If a <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>topic</I
+></SPAN
+> is given, then the display
+is restricted to information about that specific command.
+ </P
+><P
+>If the command has sub-commands, e.g. <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>fis</B
+>, then the topic
+specific display will print additional information about the available sub-commands.
+special (ICMP) packets to a specific host. These packets should be automatically
+returned by that host. The command will indicate how many of these round-trips
+were successfully completed.
+ </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3352"
+></A
+><H2
+>Examples</H2
+><P
+>Show generic help. Note that the contents of this display will depend on the various configuration
+options for RedBoot when it was built.
+<TABLE
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+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="SCREEN"
+>RedBoot> <TT
+CLASS="USERINPUT"
+><B
+>help</B
+></TT
+>
+Manage aliases kept in FLASH memory
+ alias name [value]
+Manage machine caches
+ cache [ON | OFF]
+Display/switch console channel
+ channel [-1|<channel number>]
+Compute a 32bit checksum [POSIX algorithm] for a range of memory
+ cksum -b <location> -l <length>
+Display (hex dump) a range of memory
+ dump -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s] [-1|2|4]
+Manage FLASH images
+ fis {cmds}
+Manage configuration kept in FLASH memory
+ fconfig [-i] [-l] [-n] [-f] [-d] | [-d] nickname [value]
+Execute code at a location
+ go [-w <timeout>] [entry]
+Help about help?
+ help [<topic>]
+Set/change IP addresses
+ ip_address [-l <local_ip_address>] [-h <server_address>]
+Load a file
+ load [-r] [-v] [-d] [-h <host>] [-m {TFTP | HTTP | {x|y}MODEM -c <channel_number>}]
+ [-b <base_address>] <file_name>
+Compare two blocks of memory
+ mcmp -s <location> -d <location> -l <length> [-1|-2|-4]
+Fill a block of memory with a pattern
+ mfill -b <location> -l <length> -p <pattern> [-1|-2|-4]
+Network connectivity test
+ ping [-v] [-n <count>] [-l <length>] [-t <timeout>] [-r <rate>]
+ [-i <IP_addr>] -h <IP_addr>
+Reset the system
+ reset
+Display RedBoot version information
+ version
+Display (hex dump) a range of memory
+ x -b <location> [-l <length>] [-s] [-1|2|4]</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+>Help about a command with sub-commands.
+<TABLE
+BORDER="5"
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+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="SCREEN"
+>RedBoot> <TT
+CLASS="USERINPUT"
+><B
+>help fis</B
+></TT
+>
+Manage FLASH images
+ fis {cmds}
+Create an image
+ fis create -b <mem_base> -l <image_length> [-s <data_length>]
+ [-f <flash_addr>] [-e <entry_point>] [-r <ram_addr>] [-n] <name>
+Display an image from FLASH Image System [FIS]
+ fis delete name
+Erase FLASH contents
+ fis erase -f <flash_addr> -l <length>
+Display free [available] locations within FLASH Image System [FIS]
+ fis free
+Initialize FLASH Image System [FIS]
+ fis init [-f]
+Display contents of FLASH Image System [FIS]
+ fis list [-c] [-d]
+Load image from FLASH Image System [FIS] into RAM
+ fis load [-d] [-b <memory_load_address>] [-c] name
+Write raw data directly to FLASH
+ fis write -f <flash_addr> -b <mem_base> -l <image_length></PRE
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