Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)

The Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) package is a set of firmware management tools used to:

Generate a standard or customized Mellanox firmware image Querying for firmware information
Burn a firmware image

The following is a list of the available tools in MFT, together with a brief description of what each tool performs.

MFT Tools
Tool	Description
mst	This tool provides the following functions: * Starts/stops the register access driver * Lists the available mst devices
mlxburn	This tool provides the following functions: * Generation of a standard or customized Mellanox firmware image for burning (in binary or .mlx format) * Burning an image to the Flash/EEPROM attached to a Mellanox HCA or switch device * Querying the firmware version loaded on an Mellanox network adapter * Displaying the VPD (Vital Product Data) of an Mellanox network adapter
flint	This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expansion ROM image to the Flash device of a Mellanox network adapter/bridge/switch device. It includes query functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.
Debug utilities	A set of debug utilities (e.g., itrace, fwtrace, mlxtrace, mlxdump, mstdump, mlxmcg, wqdump, mcra, mlxi2c, i2c, mget_temp, and pckt_drop)