X-Git-Url: https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/120876a361cc2d61faeaab227574baf099a261a8..913cbbf6e4397c7f02c50488ea1fbb6b3ee0430b:/index.html?ds=inline diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index d54f356..7739be3 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -30,27 +30,51 @@ 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> (<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. + <P><B>News</B> + <UL> + <LI><P><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.</P></LI> + + <LI><P><I>2009-05-31</I>: ISE Design Suite 11.1 now uses Xilinx's 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>.</P></LI> + + <LI><P><I>2010-03-15</I>: If you are using newer udev-versions (like the version included in Debian Squeeze + and Ubuntu 9.10), then the file <i>/etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules</i> is incompatible with this udev + version. The effect of this is that the cable-firmware gets never loaded and the cable led never lights up.</P> + <P>To fix this, run the following command as root:<BR> + <kbd>sed -i -e 's/TEMPNODE/tempnode/' -e 's/SYSFS/ATTRS/g' -e 's/BUS/SUBSYSTEMS/' /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules</kbd><BR> + You may have to reboot for this change to take effect.</P></LI> + + <LI><P><I>2010-05-22</I>: Support for ISE 12 is now available in the driver.</P></LI> + + <LI><P><I>2011-05-08</I>: Support for ISE 13 is now available in the driver. A rewritten version of <i>setup_pcusb</i> + which works on modern distributions has been added.</P></LI> + </UL> </P> <H2>Supported Cables</H2> The following cables are reported to work with this driver: <ul> + <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/ds593.pdf">XILINX Platform Cable USB II</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> @@ -65,6 +89,9 @@ <H2>Supported Software</H2> The following software is reported to work with this driver: <ul> + <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/tools/designtools.htm">ISE 13</a> (all editions)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/tools/designtools.htm">ISE 12</a> (all editions)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/tools/designtools.htm">ISE 11</a> (all editions)</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>