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NAME¶
qdl - Qualcomm Download
SYNOPSIS¶
qdl [options] <prog.mbn> (<program-xml> | <patch-xml> | <read-xml>)...
DESCRIPTION¶
- qdl [options] <prog.mbn> ((read | write) <address> <binary>)...
- -d, --debug
- Print detailed debug info
- -v, --version
- Print the current version and exit
- -n, --dry-run
- Dry run execution, no device reading or flashing
- -f, --allow-missing
- Allow skipping of missing files during flashing
- -s, --storage=T
- Set target storage type T: <emmc|nand|nvme|spinor|ufs>
- -l, --finalize-provisioning
- Provision the target storage
- -i, --include=T
- Set an optional folder T to search for files
- -S, --serial=T
- Select target by serial number T (e.g. <0AA94EFD>)
- -u, --out-chunk-size=T
- Override chunk size for transaction with T
- -t, --create-digests=T
- Generate table of digests in the T folder
- -T, --slot=T
- Set slot number T for multiple storage devices
- -D, --vip-table-path=T
- Use digest tables in the T folder for VIP
- -h, --help
- Print this usage info
- <program-xml>
- xml file containing <program> or <erase> directives
- <patch-xml>
- xml file containing <patch> directives
- <read-xml>
- xml file containing <read> directives
- <address>
- disk address specifier, can be one of <P>, <P/S>, <P/S+L>, <name>, or <P/name>, to specify a physical partition number P, a starting sector number S, the number of sectors to follow L, or partition by "name"
Example: qdl prog_firehose_ddr.elf rawprogram*.xml patch*.xml
| December 2025 | qdl version 2.4-2 |