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About

When using XILINX JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD - on Linux, the proprietary kernel windrvr module from Jungo + on Linux, the proprietary kernel module windrvr from Jungo is needed to access the parallel- or usb-cable. As this module does not work with current linux kernel versions (> 2.6.18) a library was developed, which emulates the module in userspace and allows the tools to access the JTAG cable without the need @@ -23,48 +23,88 @@ The USB cable is supported at full speed.

+ Experimental support for FTDI 2232 based devices has been added. They are seen by Impact as a Parallel + Cable III. These devices are currently significantly slower than every other supported cable. +

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The library is called libusb-driver as it was developed to support the USB cable, but later extended to also support parallel cables.

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News (2008-03-26): Xilinx has released their own drivers based on libusb with ISE Design Suite 10.1. + To use them, you need to set the environment-variable XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB to 1 + before running the tools. The driver on this page no longer needs to be preloaded if you only used + it to access USB cables. Parallel port support still seems to rely on windrvr, which can be + emulated by libusb-driver.

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Using 32-bit ISE 10.1 on a 64-bit platform: When using the 32-bit JTAG tools from ISE Design + Suite 10.1 on a 64-bit machine, the tools will not connect to the cable but output the following + error: Cable operation is not supported when running the 32-bit version of the application on a + 64-bit platform. + To fix this, run the tools with linux32 or preload the newest 32-bit version of + libusb-driver. This will lead the tools to believe that they are running on a 32-bit + platform and allows them to connect to the cable. +

Supported Cables

The following cables are reported to work with this driver: + These cables should work but have not yet been tested: +

Supported Software

The following software is reported to work with this driver:

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- Michael Gernoth, $Id: index.html,v 1.6 2007-04-07 15:36:55 michael Exp $ + Michael Gernoth