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| | 4 | <TITLE>XILINX USB/Parallel JTAG cables on Linux without windrvr</TITLE> |
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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 |
| | 11 | on Linux, the proprietary kernel module <i>windrvr</i> from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a> |
| | 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 |
| | 19 | <a href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/x623.html">ppdev</a> interface to communicate |
| | 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> |
| | 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> |
| | 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> |
| | 38 | <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3astarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3A starter kit</a></li> |
| | 39 | <li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds097.pdf">XILINX Parallel Cable IV</a> (in Parallel Cable III compatibility mode)</li> |
| | 40 | <li><a href="http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/">Enterpoint Prog2</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li> |
| | 41 | <li><a href="http://www.trenz-electronic.de/">Trenz TE0149-01</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li> |
| | 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> |
| | 43 | <li><a href="http://www.amontec.com/">Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny</a> (experimental)</li> |
| | 44 | </ul> |
| | 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> |
| | 50 | <li>other FTDI2232 based devices which use the chips standard JTAG pinout (experimental)</li> |
| | 51 | </ul> |
| | 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> |
| | 64 | <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.1.02i</a></li> |
| | 65 | </ul> |
| | 66 | <H2>Download</H2> |
| | 67 | <ul> |
| | 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> |
| | 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> |
| | 70 | <li>Browse the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=tree">GIT repository</a></li> |
| | 71 | <li>Precompiled <a href="libusb-driver.so">libusb-driver.so</a> for Debian Etch, but better build your own</li> |
| | 72 | </ul> |
| | 73 | <H2>Links</H2> |
| | 74 | <ul> |
| | 75 | <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/2dfa36541174a4f2">Ubuntu installation instructions by Luzerne</a></li> |
| | 76 | <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> |
| | 77 | <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_frm/thread/f149e5b6028e2c70">Initial announcement on comp.arch.fpga</a></li> |
| | 78 | <li><a href="http://inisyn.org/src/xup/">XUP</a> by inisyn research, opensource JTAG programming for Spartan 3E starter kit USB cable</li> |
| | 79 | <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> |
| | 80 | <li><a href="http://www.rogerstech.co.uk/xc3sprog/">Spartan3 JTAG download tools for GNU/Linux (xc3sprog)</a></li> |
| | 81 | </ul> |
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| | 83 | <FONT SIZE="-1"><I><A HREF="mailto:cabledriver@zerfleddert.de">Michael Gernoth</A>, $Id: index.html,v 1.13 2007-05-01 12:03:15 michael Exp $</I></FONT> |
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