dfu-util is a host side implementation of the DFU 1.0 and DFU 1.1 specifications of the USB forum. DFU is intended to download and upload firmware to/from devices connected over USB. It ranges from small devices like micro-controller boards to mobile phones. Using dfu-util you can download firmware to your DFU-enabled device or upload firmware from it. Homepage
Copy user@workstation:~$ sudo dfu-util -l -d 8087 :0a99
dfu-util 0.8
Copyright 2005 -2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010 -2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=11, name= "initrd" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=10, name= "vmlinuz" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=9, name= "home" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=8, name= "update" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=7, name= "rootfs" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=6, name= "boot" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=5, name= "u-boot-env1" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=4, name= "u-boot1" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=3, name= "u-boot-env0" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=2, name= "u-boot0" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=1, name= "ifwib00" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Found DFU: [8087:0a99] ver=9999, devnum=14, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=0, name= "ifwi00" , serial= "UNKNOWN"
Copy user@workstation:~/Downloads/latestedison$ dfu-util -d 8087 :0a99 -a rootfs -D edison-image-edison.ext4
dfu-util 0.8
Copyright 2005 -2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010 -2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org
dfu-util: Invalid DFU suffix signature
dfu-util: A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
dfu-util: No DFU capable USB device available