Overload XilCommNS::CPortResources::Instance

[usb-driver] / README

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@@ -9,22 +9,31 @@ should work on every kernel version which is supported by libusb and supports
 ppdev. It was written against impact from ISE Webpack 9.1SP1 and tested with
 the following software:
 
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP3
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP2
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP1
+ * ISE 12.1
+ * ISE Webpack 11.1
+ * ISE Webpack 10.1
+ * ISE Webpack 9.2SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
+ * ISE Webpack 9.1SP1, SP2, SP3
  * ISE Webpack 8.2SP3
  * ISE Webpack 8.1SP3
- * ChipScope 9.1.03i
- * ChipScope 9.1.02i
+ * ChipScope 10.1
+ * ChipScope 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i, 9.2.03i, 9.2.04i
+ * ChipScope 9.1.02i, 9.1.03i
  * ChipScope 8.2.04i
+ * EDK 10.1
+ * EDK 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i
+ * EDK 9.1.01i, 9.1.02i
  * EDK 8.2.02i
  * EDK 8.1.02i
+ * Synplicity Identify
 
 In addition to the XILINX USB and parallel cables, devices based on the FTDI
 2232 serial converter chip are also experimentally supported. This includes
 devices like the Amontec JTAGkey(-Tiny).
 
-Build the library by calling `make'.
+Build the library by calling `make'. If you are on a 64 bit system but want
+to build a 32 bit library, run `make lib32' instead. Be sure to have the 32
+bit versions of libusb-devel and libftdi-devel installed!
 
 To use this library you have to preload the library before starting impact:
 
@@ -35,18 +44,21 @@ $ setenv LD_PRELOAD /path/to/libusb-driver.so  (for csh shells)
 $ impact
 
 The source for this library can be found at:
-http://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/usb-driver/
+http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver
 
 The main website is located at:
 http://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/
 
+The Git repository can be cloned with:
+git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver
+
 
 Notes for the USB cable
 =======================
 
 To use the device as an ordinary user, put the following line in a new
-file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
-ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="03fd", MODE="666"
+file "libusb-driver.rules" in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03fd", MODE="666"
 
 
 If your cable does not have the ID 03fd:0008 in the output of lsusb,
@@ -57,12 +69,24 @@ these steps:
 1. If you have no /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules file, copy it from
    /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules
 
-2. Install the package containing /sbin/fxload from your linux distribution.
+2. If you are running a newer version of udev (as in Debian Squeeze and
+   Ubuntu 9.10), you need to adapt the rules-file to the new udev-version:
+   sed -i -e 's/TEMPNODE/tempnode/' -e 's/SYSFS/ATTRS/g' -e 's/BUS/SUBSYSTEMS/' /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules
+
+3. Install the package containing /sbin/fxload from your linux distribution.
    It is usually called "fxload"
 
-3. copy the file /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex to /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex
+4. copy the files /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusb*.hex to /usr/share/
+
+5. restart udev and re-plug the cable
+
 
-4. restart udev and re-plug the cable
+If you have multiple cables connected, you can specify the cable to use
+in the XILINX_USB_DEV environment-variable as "bus:device".
+These identifiers are available in the output of lsusb:
+Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03fd:0008 Xilinx, Inc.
+    ^^^        ^^^
+To use this cable, set the XILINX_USB_DEV variable to "001:004".
 
 
 Notes for the parallel cable
@@ -121,8 +145,17 @@ To set-up the device:
 
 3. To use the device as an ordinary user, put the following line in a new file
    in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
-   ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0403", SYSFS{idProduct}=="cff8", MODE="666"
+   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="cff8", MODE="666"
    (replace the vendor and product id with your values)
 
 The support for FTDI 2232 based devices is experimental and they are currently
 significantly slower than the other supported cables.
+
+
+Locked cables
+=============
+
+If you get the message 'The cable is being used by another application.' from
+impact, try running the following command:
+
+echo -e 'cleancablelock\nexit' | impact -batch