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   1 This library emulates Jungo Windrvr USB and parallel port functions in
   2 userspace which are required by XILINX impact to access the Platform cable USB
   3 and Parallel Cable III.
   4 With this library it is possible to access the cables without loading a
   5 proprietary kernel module which breaks with every new kernel release. It uses
   6 the functionality provided by the libusb userspace library for USB access and
   7 the kernel interface at /dev/parport0 for parallel port access instead and
   8 should work on every kernel version which is supported by libusb and supports
   9 ppdev. It was written against impact from ISE Webpack 9.1SP1 and tested with
  10 the following software:
  11
  12  * ISE Webpack 9.1SP3
  13  * ISE Webpack 9.1SP2
  14  * ISE Webpack 9.1SP1
  15  * ISE Webpack 8.2SP3
  16  * ISE Webpack 8.1SP3
  17  * ChipScope 9.1.03i
  18  * ChipScope 9.1.02i
  19  * ChipScope 8.2.04i
  20  * EDK 8.2.02i
  21
  22 Build the library by calling `make'.
  23
  24 To use this library you have to preload the library before starting impact:
  25
  26 $ LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libusb-driver.so impact
  27 or
  28 $ export LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libusb-driver.so  (for sh shells)
  29 $ setenv LD_PRELOAD /path/to/libusb-driver.so  (for csh shells)
  30 $ impact
  31
  32 The source for this library can be found at:
  33 http://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/usb-driver/
  34
  35 The main website is located at:
  36 http://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/
  37
  38
  39 Notes for the USB cable
  40 =======================
  41
  42 To use the device as an ordinary user, put the following line in a new
  43 file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
  44 ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="03fd", MODE="666"
  45
  46
  47 If your cable does not have the ID 03fd:0008 in the output of lsusb,
  48 the initial firmware has not been loaded (loading it changes the
  49 product-ID from another value to 8). To load the firmware follow
  50 these steps:
  51
  52 1. If you have no /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules file, copy it from
  53    /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules
  54
  55 2. Install the package containing /sbin/fxload from your linux distribution.
  56    It is usually called "fxload"
  57
  58 3. copy the file /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex to /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex
  59
  60 4. restart udev and re-plug the cable
  61
  62
  63 Notes for the parallel cable
  64 ============================
  65
  66 To access the parallel port from userspace, the kernel needs to be built with
  67 the features "Parallel port support" (CONFIG_PARPORT), "PC-style hardware"
  68 (CONFIG_PARPORT_PC) and "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  69 (CONFIG_PPDEV) builtin or as modules. If these features are built as modules,
  70 they need to be loaded before using this library.
  71 These modules are called:
  72 parport
  73 parport_pc
  74 ppdev
  75
  76
  77 To use the device as an ordinary user, put the user in the group 'lp'
  78
  79
  80 If you have an almost compatible cable which works with other software but not
  81 with Impact, try adding -DFORCE_PC3_IDENT to the CFLAGS line in the Makefile.
  82 This enables a hack by Stefan Ziegenbalg to force detection of a parallel cable.
  83
  84
  85 Parallel Cable IV is currently only supported in 'compatibility mode', as no
  86 attempt to configure the ECP registers is done by this library.
  87
  88
  89 If you get "Programming failed" or "DONE did not go high" when programming
  90 through the parallel cable with Impact 9.1, make sure to have the option "Use
  91 HIGHZ instead of BYPASS" enabled in Edit -> Preferences -> iMPACT Configuration
  92 Preferences.
  93 If you are using batch mode, add the following line to your cmd file:
  94 setPreference -pref UseHighz:TRUE
  95 (This problem also occurs on windows and when using the real windrvr in linux and
  96 is solved with the same workaround. Impact 8.2 is working fine with the same
  97 boards and designs)