X-Git-Url: https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/b8b5059a2b997d43fe4f80bca368449759320647..a2a952c0da4b337ffcb3d26ba473761c48a6eb65:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 23265b8..a05ae7c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ 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 @@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ the following software: * EDK 9.1.01i * EDK 8.2.02i * EDK 8.1.02i + * Synplicity Identify In addition to the XILINX USB and parallel cables, devices based on the FTDI 2232 serial converter chip are also experimentally supported. This includes @@ -66,11 +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 ============================ @@ -132,3 +143,12 @@ To set-up the device: 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