X-Git-Url: https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/3b1b5fa8abd003d16dff62d998d3660c24c5bd8b..HEAD:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 5222c4b..f3eb7c9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,17 +9,32 @@ 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 13.1 + * 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 -Build the library by calling `make'. +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'. 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: @@ -30,15 +45,21 @@ $ 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, @@ -46,15 +67,36 @@ the initial firmware has not been loaded (loading it changes the product-ID from another value to 8). To load the firmware follow these steps: +1. Run ./setup_pcusb in this directory, this should set up everything + correctly: + - When $XILINX is set correctly: + $ ./setup_pcusb + - When $XILINX is not set, and ISE is installed in /opt/Xilinx/13.1: + $ ./setup_pcusb /opt/Xilinx/13.1/ISE_DS/ISE + +Old instructions, use only when the above script did not work: + 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 @@ -89,6 +131,41 @@ HIGHZ instead of BYPASS" enabled in Edit -> Preferences -> iMPACT Configuration Preferences. If you are using batch mode, add the following line to your cmd file: setPreference -pref UseHighz:TRUE -(This problem also occurs on windows and when using the real windrvr in linux and -is solved with the same workaround. Impact 8.2 is working fine with the same +(This problem also occurs on windows and when using the real windrvr in linux +and is solved with the same workaround. Impact 8.2 is working fine with the same boards and designs) + + +Notes for FTDI 2232 based cables +================================ + +To build the driver with FTDI 2232 support, you need to have libftdi and +the libftdi development package installed. On debian, you can install both +by installing 'libftdi-dev'. + +To set-up the device: +1. Find out the vendor and product id of your cable using lsusb: + Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0403:cff8 Future Technology Devices ... + ~~~~~~~~~ + +2. Copy the sample libusb-driverrc to ~/.libusb-driverrc, edit it and replace + the vendor and product-id in the example file with the values provided in + the lsusb-output. You can also change the 'parallel port' which is mapped to + this cable. Impact sees the device at that port as a Parallel Cable III. + +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", 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