Add support for different interfaces on FTDI chips.

[usb-driver] / README

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@@ -9,18 +9,20 @@ 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 9.2SP1
- * 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 9.2.01i
- * 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 9.1.02i
- * EDK 9.1.01i
+ * 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
@@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ In addition to the XILINX USB and parallel cables, devices based on the FTDI
 devices like the Amontec JTAGkey(-Tiny).
 
 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.
+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:
 
@@ -54,8 +57,8 @@ 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,
@@ -66,12 +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
@@ -130,7 +145,7 @@ 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