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		<H1>XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules</H1>
		<H2>About</H2>
		<P>
		When using <a href="http://www.xilinx.com">XILINX</a> JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD
		on Linux, the proprietary kernel module <i>windrvr</i> from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a>
		is needed to access the parallel- or usb-cable.
		As this module does not work with current linux kernel versions (&gt; 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
		for a proprietary kernel module.
		</P>
		<P>
		The library uses <a href="http://libusb.sourceforge.net/">libusb</a> to access USB devices and the
		<a href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/x623.html">ppdev</a> interface to communicate
		with parallel cables. The parallel part currently only supports Parallel Cable III mode (and PCIV in
		PCIII compatibility mode) as the faster PCIV modes use another kernel module which is not emulated by
		this library. So you are limited to a 200kHz JTAG clock when using Parallel Cable IV with this software.
		The USB cable is supported at full speed.
		</P>
		<P>
		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.
		</P>
		<P>
		The library is called <i>libusb-driver</i> as it was developed to support the USB cable, but later
		extended to also support parallel cables.
		</P>
		<H2>Supported Cables</H2>
		The following cables are reported to work with this driver:
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds300.pdf">XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9LP</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3estarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3E starter kit</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3astarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3A starter kit</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds097.pdf">XILINX Parallel Cable IV</a> (in Parallel Cable III compatibility mode)</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/">Enterpoint Prog2</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.trenz-electronic.de/">Trenz TE0149-01</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?Nav1=Products&amp;Nav2=Cables&amp;Cat=Cable">Digilent JTAG3</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.amontec.com/">Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny</a> (experimental)</li>
		</ul>
		These cables should work but have not yet been tested:
		<ul>
			<li>XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9 and DLC9G</li>
			<li>Integrated Platform Cable USB on other development boards</li>
			<li>other Parallel Cable III clones</li>
			<li>other FTDI2232 based devices which use the chips standard JTAG pinout (experimental)</li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Supported Software</H2>
		The following software is reported to work with this driver:
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP3</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP2</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP1</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.2SP3</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.1SP3</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.03i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 8.2.04i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.2.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.1.02i</a></li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Download</H2>
		<ul>
			<li>Download <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=snapshot;h=HEAD">usb-driver-HEAD.tar.gz</a> (to build it, you need to have the libusb development package installed. It is called libusb-dev on Debian.)</li>
			<li>Read the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD">README</a></li>
			<li>Browse the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=tree">Git repository</a> (<a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver">Summary</a>)</li>
			<li>Precompiled <a href="libusb-driver.so">libusb-driver.so</a> for Debian Etch, but better build your own</li>
			<li>Clone the <a href="http://git.or.cz/">Git</a> repository with: <kbd>git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver</kbd></li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Links</H2>
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/2dfa36541174a4f2">Ubuntu installation instructions by Luzerne</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~listarch/microblaze-uclinux/archive/2007/03/msg00101.html">Ubuntu installation instructions by Paul-Armand Verhaegen</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_frm/thread/f149e5b6028e2c70">Initial announcement on comp.arch.fpga</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://inisyn.org/src/xup/">XUP</a> by inisyn research, opensource JTAG programming for Spartan 3E starter kit USB cable</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.ixo.de/info/usb_jtag/">USB JTAG adapter</a> by Kolja Waschk, opensource integration of the XILINX platform cable USB into OpenOCD and openwince JTAG Tools</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.rogerstech.co.uk/xc3sprog/">Spartan3 JTAG download tools for GNU/Linux (xc3sprog)</a></li>
		</ul>
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	7	<H1>XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules</H1>
	8	<H2>About</H2>
	9	<P>
	10	When using <a href="http://www.xilinx.com">XILINX</a> JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD
2b78cb99	11	on Linux, the proprietary kernel module <i>windrvr</i> from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a>
026cbe49	12	is needed to access the parallel- or usb-cable.
	13	As this module does not work with current linux kernel versions (> 2.6.18) a library was developed,
	14	which emulates the module in userspace and allows the tools to access the JTAG cable without the need
	15	for a proprietary kernel module.
	16	</P>
	17	<P>
	18	The library uses <a href="http://libusb.sourceforge.net/">libusb</a> to access USB devices and the
4d2daea0	19	<a href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/x623.html">ppdev</a> interface to communicate
026cbe49	20	with parallel cables. The parallel part currently only supports Parallel Cable III mode (and PCIV in
	21	PCIII compatibility mode) as the faster PCIV modes use another kernel module which is not emulated by
	22	this library. So you are limited to a 200kHz JTAG clock when using Parallel Cable IV with this software.
	23	The USB cable is supported at full speed.
	24	</P>
	25	<P>
7606d470	26	Experimental support for FTDI 2232 based devices has been added. They are seen by Impact as a Parallel
	27	Cable III. These devices are currently significantly slower than every other supported cable.
	28	</P>
	29	<P>
026cbe49	30	The library is called <i>libusb-driver</i> as it was developed to support the USB cable, but later
	31	extended to also support parallel cables.
	32	</P>
	33	<H2>Supported Cables</H2>
	34	The following cables are reported to work with this driver:
	35	<ul>
	36	<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds300.pdf">XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9LP</a></li>
	37	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3estarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3E starter kit</a></li>
de6f38de	38	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3astarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3A starter kit</a></li>
21a5b635	39	<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds097.pdf">XILINX Parallel Cable IV</a> (in Parallel Cable III compatibility mode)</li>
026cbe49	40	<li><a href="http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/">Enterpoint Prog2</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
026cbe49	41	<li><a href="http://www.trenz-electronic.de/">Trenz TE0149-01</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
9ec5ba04	42	<li><a href="http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?Nav1=Products&Nav2=Cables&Cat=Cable">Digilent JTAG3</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
7606d470	43	<li><a href="http://www.amontec.com/">Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny</a> (experimental)</li>
026cbe49	44	</ul>
78d5d21d	45	These cables should work but have not yet been tested:
	46	<ul>
	47	<li>XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9 and DLC9G</li>
	48	<li>Integrated Platform Cable USB on other development boards</li>
	49	<li>other Parallel Cable III clones</li>
7606d470	50	<li>other FTDI2232 based devices which use the chips standard JTAG pinout (experimental)</li>
78d5d21d	51	</ul>
026cbe49	52	<H2>Supported Software</H2>
	53	The following software is reported to work with this driver:
	54	<ul>
	55	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP3</a></li>
	56	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP2</a></li>
	57	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1SP1</a></li>
	58	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.2SP3</a></li>
	59	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.1SP3</a></li>
	60	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.03i</a></li>
	61	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.02i</a></li>
	62	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 8.2.04i</a></li>
	63	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.2.02i</a></li>
2271fdf2	64	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.1.02i</a></li>
026cbe49	65	</ul>
	66	<H2>Download</H2>
	67	<ul>
badd6a82 MG	68	<li>Download <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=snapshot;h=HEAD">usb-driver-HEAD.tar.gz</a> (to build it, you need to have the libusb development package installed. It is called libusb-dev on Debian.)</li>
badd6a82 MG	69	<li>Read the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD">README</a></li>
e9b47752	70	<li>Browse the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=tree">Git repository</a> (<a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver">Summary</a>)</li>
9ec5ba04	71	<li>Precompiled <a href="libusb-driver.so">libusb-driver.so</a> for Debian Etch, but better build your own</li>
b22eea29	72	<li>Clone the <a href="http://git.or.cz/">Git</a> repository with: <kbd>git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver</kbd></li>
41d0a9f7	73	</ul>
	74	<H2>Links</H2>
	75	<ul>
9ec5ba04	76	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/2dfa36541174a4f2">Ubuntu installation instructions by Luzerne</a></li>
41d0a9f7	77	<li><a href="http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~listarch/microblaze-uclinux/archive/2007/03/msg00101.html">Ubuntu installation instructions by Paul-Armand Verhaegen</a></li>
9ec5ba04	78	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_frm/thread/f149e5b6028e2c70">Initial announcement on comp.arch.fpga</a></li>
57d4107e	79	<li><a href="http://inisyn.org/src/xup/">XUP</a> by inisyn research, opensource JTAG programming for Spartan 3E starter kit USB cable</li>
57d4107e	80	<li><a href="http://www.ixo.de/info/usb_jtag/">USB JTAG adapter</a> by Kolja Waschk, opensource integration of the XILINX platform cable USB into OpenOCD and openwince JTAG Tools</li>
295cadbc	81	<li><a href="http://www.rogerstech.co.uk/xc3sprog/">Spartan3 JTAG download tools for GNU/Linux (xc3sprog)</a></li>
026cbe49	82	</ul>
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f19a030c	84	<FONT SIZE="-1"><I><A HREF="mailto:cabledriver@zerfleddert.de">Michael Gernoth</A></I></FONT>
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