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		<H1>XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules</H1>
		<H2>About</H2>
		<P>
		When using <a href="http://www.xilinx.com">XILINX</a> JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD
		on Linux, the proprietary kernel module <i>windrvr</i> from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a>
		is needed to access the parallel- or usb-cable.
		As this module does not work with current linux kernel versions (&gt; 2.6.18) a library was developed,
		which emulates the module in userspace and allows the tools to access the JTAG cable without the need
		for a proprietary kernel module.
		</P>
		<P>
		The library uses <a href="http://libusb.sourceforge.net/">libusb</a> to access USB devices and the
		<a href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/x623.html">ppdev</a> interface to communicate
		with parallel cables. The parallel part currently only supports Parallel Cable III mode (and PCIV in
		PCIII compatibility mode) as the faster PCIV modes use another kernel module which is not emulated by
		this library. So you are limited to a 200kHz JTAG clock when using Parallel Cable IV with this software.
		The USB cable is supported at full speed.
		</P>
		<P>
		Experimental support for FTDI 2232 based devices has been added. They are seen by Impact as a Parallel
		Cable III. These devices are currently significantly slower than every other supported cable.
		</P>
		<P>
		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>
			<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&amp;Nav2=Cables&amp;Cat=Cable">Digilent JTAG3</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.amontec.com/">Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny</a> (experimental)</li>
		</ul>
		These cables should work but have not yet been tested:
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-USB-II-G.htm">XILINX Platform Cable USB II</a></li>
			<li>Integrated Platform Cable USB on other development boards</li>
			<li>other Parallel Cable III clones</li>
			<li>other FTDI2232 based devices which use the chips standard JTAG pinout (experimental)</li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Supported Software</H2>
		The following software is reported to work with this driver:
		<ul>
			<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>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.2 SP3</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.1 SP3</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 10.1</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i, 9.2.03i and 9.2.04i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.02i and 9.1.03i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 8.2.04i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 10.1</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.2.01i and 9.2.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.1.01i and 9.1.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.2.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.1.02i</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.synplicity.com/products/identify/index.html">Synplicity Identify Debugger</a></li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Download</H2>
		<ul>
			<li>Download <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz">usb-driver-HEAD.tar.gz</a> (to build it, you need to have the libusb development package installed. It is called libusb-dev on Debian.)</li>
			<li>Read the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD">README</a></li>
			<li>Browse the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=tree">Git repository</a> (<a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver">Summary</a>)</li>
			<li>Precompiled <a href="libusb-driver.so">libusb-driver.so</a> for Debian Etch, but better build your own</li>
			<li>Clone the <a href="http://git.or.cz/">Git</a> repository with: <kbd>git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver</kbd></li>
		</ul>
		<H2>Links</H2>
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/94d8bb1f52e06b44">XILINX listened</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://svenand.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html">Installation instructions using a MacBook running Ubuntu in VMware by Sven Andersson</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_thread/thread/954a145428ec2c54/555f6bfb766a3a93#555f6bfb766a3a93">Using the libusb-driver on a 64bit system with a 32bit ISE by Ken Ryan</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/2dfa36541174a4f2">Ubuntu installation instructions by Luzerne</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~listarch/microblaze-uclinux/archive/2007/03/msg00101.html">Ubuntu installation instructions by Paul-Armand Verhaegen</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_frm/thread/f149e5b6028e2c70">Initial announcement on comp.arch.fpga</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://inisyn.org/src/xup/">XUP</a> by inisyn research, opensource JTAG programming for Spartan 3E starter kit USB cable</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.ixo.de/info/usb_jtag/">USB JTAG adapter</a> by Kolja Waschk, opensource integration of the XILINX platform cable USB into OpenOCD and openwince JTAG Tools</li>
			<li><a href="http://www.rogerstech.co.uk/xc3sprog/">Spartan3 JTAG download tools for GNU/Linux (xc3sprog)</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://urjtag.org/">UrJTAG</a>, open source jtag tools with basic support for the xilinx XPCU</a></li>
		</ul>
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	4	<TITLE>XILINX USB/Parallel JTAG cables on Linux without windrvr</TITLE>
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	6	<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000">
	7	<H1>XILINX JTAG tools on Linux without proprietary kernel modules</H1>
	8	<H2>About</H2>
	9	<P>
	10	When using <a href="http://www.xilinx.com">XILINX</a> JTAG software like Impact, Chipscope and XMD
2b78cb99	11	on Linux, the proprietary kernel module <i>windrvr</i> from <a href="http://www.jungo.com">Jungo</a>
026cbe49	12	is needed to access the parallel- or usb-cable.
	13	As this module does not work with current linux kernel versions (> 2.6.18) a library was developed,
	14	which emulates the module in userspace and allows the tools to access the JTAG cable without the need
	15	for a proprietary kernel module.
	16	</P>
	17	<P>
	18	The library uses <a href="http://libusb.sourceforge.net/">libusb</a> to access USB devices and the
4d2daea0	19	<a href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/x623.html">ppdev</a> interface to communicate
026cbe49	20	with parallel cables. The parallel part currently only supports Parallel Cable III mode (and PCIV in
	21	PCIII compatibility mode) as the faster PCIV modes use another kernel module which is not emulated by
	22	this library. So you are limited to a 200kHz JTAG clock when using Parallel Cable IV with this software.
	23	The USB cable is supported at full speed.
	24	</P>
	25	<P>
7606d470	26	Experimental support for FTDI 2232 based devices has been added. They are seen by Impact as a Parallel
	27	Cable III. These devices are currently significantly slower than every other supported cable.
	28	</P>
	29	<P>
026cbe49	30	The library is called <i>libusb-driver</i> as it was developed to support the USB cable, but later
	31	extended to also support parallel cables.
	32	</P>
d6cf2032 MG	33	<P><B>News</B> (<I>2008-03-26</I>): Xilinx has released their own drivers based on libusb with ISE Design Suite 10.1.
	34	To use them, you need to set the environment-variable <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd> to <kbd>1</kbd>
	35	before running the tools. The driver on this page no longer needs to be preloaded if you only used
	36	it to access USB cables. Parallel port support still seems to rely on <i>windrvr</i>, which can be
	37	emulated by <i>libusb-driver</i>.</P>
	38	<P><B>Using 32-bit ISE 10.1 on a 64-bit platform:</B> When using the 32-bit JTAG tools from ISE Design
	39	Suite 10.1 on a 64-bit machine, the tools will not connect to the cable but output the following
	40	error: <I>Cable operation is not supported when running the 32-bit version of the application on a
	41	64-bit platform.</I>
	42	To fix this, run the tools with <KBD>linux32</KBD> or preload the newest 32-bit version of
	43	<i>libusb-driver</i>. This will lead the tools to believe that they are running on a 32-bit
	44	platform and allows them to connect to the cable.
	45	</P>
026cbe49	46	<H2>Supported Cables</H2>
	47	The following cables are reported to work with this driver:
	48	<ul>
e9a331c7	49	<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds300.pdf">XILINX Platform Cable USB DLC9, DLC9LP and DLC9G</a></li>
026cbe49	50	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3estarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3E starter kit</a></li>
de6f38de	51	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/s3astarter">Integrated Platform Cable USB on Spartan 3A starter kit</a></li>
20ce0945	52	<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>
21a5b635	53	<li><a href="http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/publications/ds097.pdf">XILINX Parallel Cable IV</a> (in Parallel Cable III compatibility mode)</li>
9bb134bb	54	<li>FCPU-X platform cable (XILINX Platform Cable USB clone)</li>
026cbe49	55	<li><a href="http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/">Enterpoint Prog2</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
026cbe49	56	<li><a href="http://www.trenz-electronic.de/">Trenz TE0149-01</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
9ec5ba04	57	<li><a href="http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?Nav1=Products&Nav2=Cables&Cat=Cable">Digilent JTAG3</a> Parallel Cable III clone</li>
7606d470	58	<li><a href="http://www.amontec.com/">Amontec JTAGkey-Tiny</a> (experimental)</li>
026cbe49	59	</ul>
78d5d21d	60	These cables should work but have not yet been tested:
78d5d21d	61	<ul>
9bb134bb	62	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-USB-II-G.htm">XILINX Platform Cable USB II</a></li>
78d5d21d	63	<li>Integrated Platform Cable USB on other development boards</li>
78d5d21d	64	<li>other Parallel Cable III clones</li>
7606d470	65	<li>other FTDI2232 based devices which use the chips standard JTAG pinout (experimental)</li>
78d5d21d	66	</ul>
026cbe49	67	<H2>Supported Software</H2>
	68	The following software is reported to work with this driver:
	69	<ul>
718362b4	70	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 10.1</a></li>
04d489ad	71	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.2 SP1, SP2, SP3 and SP4</a></li>
59fab31f MG	72	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 9.1 SP1, SP2 and SP3</a></li>
	73	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.2 SP3</a></li>
	74	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 8.1 SP3</a></li>
718362b4	75	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 10.1</a></li>
04d489ad	76	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i, 9.2.03i and 9.2.04i</a></li>
59fab31f	77	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 9.1.02i and 9.1.03i</a></li>
026cbe49	78	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/cspro.htm">ChipScope Pro 8.2.04i</a></li>
718362b4	79	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 10.1</a></li>
b9423a53	80	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.2.01i and 9.2.02i</a></li>
59fab31f	81	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 9.1.01i and 9.1.02i</a></li>
026cbe49	82	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.2.02i</a></li>
2271fdf2	83	<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/embedded_design_prod/platform_studio.htm">EDK 8.1.02i</a></li>
337944d1	84	<li><a href="http://www.synplicity.com/products/identify/index.html">Synplicity Identify Debugger</a></li>
026cbe49	85	</ul>
	86	<H2>Download</H2>
	87	<ul>
8d29f0a4	88	<li>Download <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz">usb-driver-HEAD.tar.gz</a> (to build it, you need to have the libusb development package installed. It is called libusb-dev on Debian.)</li>
badd6a82	89	<li>Read the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD">README</a></li>
e9b47752	90	<li>Browse the <a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver?a=tree">Git repository</a> (<a href="http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver">Summary</a>)</li>
9ec5ba04	91	<li>Precompiled <a href="libusb-driver.so">libusb-driver.so</a> for Debian Etch, but better build your own</li>
b22eea29	92	<li>Clone the <a href="http://git.or.cz/">Git</a> repository with: <kbd>git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver</kbd></li>
41d0a9f7	93	</ul>
	94	<H2>Links</H2>
	95	<ul>
5029ac18 MG	96	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/94d8bb1f52e06b44">XILINX listened</a></li>
5029ac18 MG	97	<li><a href="http://svenand.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html">Installation instructions using a MacBook running Ubuntu in VMware by Sven Andersson</a></li>
b3158171	98	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_thread/thread/954a145428ec2c54/555f6bfb766a3a93#555f6bfb766a3a93">Using the libusb-driver on a 64bit system with a 32bit ISE by Ken Ryan</a></li>
9ec5ba04	99	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/msg/2dfa36541174a4f2">Ubuntu installation instructions by Luzerne</a></li>
41d0a9f7	100	<li><a href="http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~listarch/microblaze-uclinux/archive/2007/03/msg00101.html">Ubuntu installation instructions by Paul-Armand Verhaegen</a></li>
9ec5ba04	101	<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.fpga/browse_frm/thread/f149e5b6028e2c70">Initial announcement on comp.arch.fpga</a></li>
57d4107e	102	<li><a href="http://inisyn.org/src/xup/">XUP</a> by inisyn research, opensource JTAG programming for Spartan 3E starter kit USB cable</li>
57d4107e	103	<li><a href="http://www.ixo.de/info/usb_jtag/">USB JTAG adapter</a> by Kolja Waschk, opensource integration of the XILINX platform cable USB into OpenOCD and openwince JTAG Tools</li>
295cadbc	104	<li><a href="http://www.rogerstech.co.uk/xc3sprog/">Spartan3 JTAG download tools for GNU/Linux (xc3sprog)</a></li>
120876a3	105	<li><a href="http://urjtag.org/">UrJTAG</a>, open source jtag tools with basic support for the xilinx XPCU</a></li>
026cbe49	106	</ul>
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f19a030c	108	<FONT SIZE="-1"><I><A HREF="mailto:cabledriver@zerfleddert.de">Michael Gernoth</A></I></FONT>
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