Can't get the Xilinx cable drivers installed on SL6.1 (RHEL 6.1)

I had a similar problem getting my Xilinx USB-JTAG cable working on Fedora 13. I ended up using the open source Linux driver instead, works fine:

Steve Ecob Silicon On Inspiration Sydney Australia

I've already tried to build the libusb-driver but it won't build on SL6.1.

Is there any particular reason to compile your own libusb instead of using the distribution packages?

To make the Xilinx JTAG cable working in the RHEL/CentOS/SL 6.x do the following stops. There is detailed description on my website

but unfortunately it is in Czech language only. Sorry.

1. Install and "fix" libusb:

yum install libusb libusb1 fxload cd /usr/lib64 (or /usr/lib if you are running 32b system) ln -s libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0 libusb.so

1. "Fix" the Xilinx cable setup script /ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/setup_pcusb (or the same path with lin instead of lin64) which does not detect udev correctly:

# Use udev always #TP_USE_UDEV=3D"0" #TP_UDEV_ENABLED=3D`ps -e | grep -c udevd` TP_USE_UDEV=3D"1" TP_UDEV_ENABLED=3D"1"

1. Run the script from its directory:

cd /ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/setup_pcusb (or lin instead of lin64) ./setup_pcusb

1. Generated udev rule uses wrong syntax. The rule for current version of udev /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules must look like this (long lines must be retained, see my website for proper formatting):

# version 0003 ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{idProduct}=3D=3D"0008", MODE=3D"666" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"0007", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusbdfw= u.hex -D $tempnode" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"0009", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusb_xu= p.hex -D $tempnode" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"000d", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusb_em= b.hex -D $tempnode" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"000f", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusb_xl= p.hex -D $tempnode" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"0013", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusb_xp=

2.hex -D $tempnode" SUBSYSTEM=3D=3D"usb", ACTION=3D=3D"add", ATTR{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", ATTR{i= dProduct}=3D=3D"0015", RUN+=3D"/sbin/fxload -v -t fx2 -I /usr/share/xusb_xs= e.hex -D $tempnode"

1. Connect/reconnect your cable, check dmesg, test iMPACT/ChipScope.

Regards, Jan

Sorry if the post appears twice. I had some problems posting the message.

I s

.=20

Thanks that worked.

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusbdfw=

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusb_xu=

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusb_em=

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusb_xl=

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusb_xp=

ATTR{i=

/usr/share/xusb_xs=

Jan,

Thanks for the tutorial. Im attempting to do the same thing with SL6.1/CentOS6/RHEL6 and the Xilinx 10.1.03 tools with no success. After I configure everything as you prescribe when I run impact and try to read the jtag chain it bombs and says "Module windrvr6 is not loaded. Please reinstall the cable drivers". Your solution should bypass the windrvr6 module correct? Any idea why it would still be looking for it?

Thanks, Nat

--------------------------------------- Posted through

I

he

Xilinx ISE version 10 uses the windrvr6 module by default. You have to set the XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB environment variable to force the tools to use the libusb. See

for details.

Jan