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XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules

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News (2008-03-26): Xilinx is about to release their own drivers based on libusb. + They will be located at: + http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/25249.htm +

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 +27,72 @@ 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.

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