Configuration and diagnostic tool for Mesa Electronics PCI(E)/ETH/EPP/USB/SPI boards

MesaFlash depends on a couple of packages to build, so install those first:

sudo apt install libpci-dev libmd-dev pkg-config build-essential git

Clone MesaFlash:

git clone https://github.com/LinuxCNC/mesaflash.git

From the top level directory, switch to the source directory:

cd mesaflash

In the source directory to build MesaFlash:

make

To get command line syntax from a local make:

./mesaflash --help

To build and install MesaFlash, bypassing the operating system packaging system:

sudo make install

To run an installed MesaFlash:

mesaflash --help

Depending on permissions and the types of devices you wish to access, you may need to run mesaflash as root, sudo ./mesaflash or sudo mesaflash.

mesaflash package is available on Fedora (version 31 or newer) and can be simply installed by using:

# dnf install mesaflash

Availability of mesaflash for other Linux distributions can be checked on release-monitoring project page.