<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
<i>windrvr</i> module from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a>
+ 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 (> 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
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>
+ <P><B>News</B>
+ <UL>
+ <LI><I>2008-03-26</I>: Xilinx has released their own drivers based on libusb with ISE Design Suite 10.1.
+ To use them, you need to set the environment-variable <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd> to <kbd>1</kbd>
+ before running the tools. The driver on this page no longer needs to be preloaded if you only used
+ it to access USB cables. Parallel port support still seems to rely on <i>windrvr</i>, which can be
+ emulated by <i>libusb-driver</i>.</P>
+ <P><B>Using 32-bit ISE 10.1 on a 64-bit platform:</B> When using the 32-bit JTAG tools from ISE Design
+ Suite 10.1 on a 64-bit machine, the tools will not connect to the cable but output the following
+ error: <I>Cable operation is not supported when running the 32-bit version of the application on a
+ 64-bit platform.</I>
+ To fix this, run the tools with <KBD>linux32</KBD> or preload the newest 32-bit version of
+ <i>libusb-driver</i>. This will lead the tools to believe that they are running on a 32-bit
+ platform and allows them to connect to the cable.</LI>
+
+ <LI><I>2009-05-31</I>: ISE Design Suite 11.1 now uses their libusb based drivers as default, without
+ the need to set <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd>. If you want to use this driver with ISE 11.1 for USB
+ cables and disable the builtin support for libusb, you now have to set <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd>
+ to <kbd>0</kbd> (<kbd>export XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB=0</kbd> or <kbd>setenv XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB 0</kbd>).
+ For parallel cables Xilinx still relies on <i>windrvr</i>. This library works fine with parallel cables and
+ ISE 11.1 with no need for <i>windrvr</i>.</LI>
+ </UL>
+ </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://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds300.pdf">XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9, DLC9LP and DLC9G</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://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Nav1=Products&Nav2=Programmable&Prod=XUPV2P">Integrated Platform Cable USB on XUP-V2Pro</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>FCPU-X platform cable (XILINX Platform Cable USB clone)</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&Nav2=Cables&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><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-USB-II-G.htm">XILINX Platform Cable USB II</a></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/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 11.1</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 10.1</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.2 SP1, SP2, SP3 and SP4</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1 SP1, SP2 and SP3</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.2 SP3</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.1 SP3</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 10.1</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i, 9.2.03i and 9.2.04i</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.02i and 9.1.03i</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 10.1</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.2.01i and 9.2.02i</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.1.01i and 9.1.02i</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>
+ <li><a href="http://www.synplicity.com/products/identify/index.html">Synplicity Identify Debugger</a></li>
</ul>
<H2>Download</H2>
<ul>
- <li>Download <a href="http://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/usb-driver.tar.gz">usb-driver.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://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/usb-driver/README">README</a></li>
- <li>Browse the <a href="http://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/usb-driver/">CVS repository</a></li>
+ <li>Download <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz">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/94d8bb1f52e06b44">XILINX listened</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://svenand.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html">Installation instructions using a MacBook running Ubuntu in VMware by Sven Andersson</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_thread/thread/954a145428ec2c54/555f6bfb766a3a93#555f6bfb766a3a93">Using the libusb-driver on a 64bit system with a 32bit ISE by Ken Ryan</a></li>
<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>
+ <li><a href="http://urjtag.org/">UrJTAG</a>, open source jtag tools with basic support for the xilinx XPCU</a></li>
</ul>
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