X-Git-Url: https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/5649925c5a87d88837e02451bf4f0f286302bba2..ddb9214f8df9d6be978eefb3f98b2f2055f3c3e0:/README?ds=inline diff --git a/README b/README index 768c724..a05ae7c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,18 +9,28 @@ 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 Webpack 8.2SP3 * ISE Webpack 8.1SP3 + * ChipScope 9.2.01i * ChipScope 9.1.03i * ChipScope 9.1.02i * ChipScope 8.2.04i + * EDK 9.1.02i + * EDK 9.1.01i * 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. To use this library you have to preload the library before starting impact: @@ -31,11 +41,14 @@ $ 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 ======================= @@ -56,11 +69,19 @@ these steps: 2. 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 +3. copy the files /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusb*.hex to /usr/share/ 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 ============================ @@ -93,6 +114,41 @@ 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", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0403", SYSFS{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