X-Git-Url: https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/45e87cbfdccac0d61e8d3c888514cb475db6681f..8949e420b64291b56a8c1875104b7dc92156f627:/index.html diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 4df225d..fdb6ff5 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000"> <H1>XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules</H1> - <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>.<BR> - <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><BR> - 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 cables. - </P> <H2>About</H2> <P> When using <a href="http://www.xilinx.com">XILINX</a> JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD @@ -43,6 +30,19 @@ 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> <H2>Supported Cables</H2> The following cables are reported to work with this driver: <ul>