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The library is called <i>libusb-driver</i> as it was developed to support the USB cable, but later 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. extended to also support parallel cables.
</P> </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. <P><B>News</B>
To use them, you need to set the environment-variable <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd> to <kbd>1</kbd> <UL>
before running the tools. The driver on this page no longer needs to be preloaded if you only used <LI><I>2008-03-26</I>: Xilinx has released their own drivers based on libusb with ISE Design Suite 10.1.
it to access USB cables. Parallel port support still seems to rely on <i>windrvr</i>, which can be To use them, you need to set the environment-variable <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd> to <kbd>1</kbd>
emulated by <i>libusb-driver</i>.</P> before running the tools. The driver on this page no longer needs to be preloaded if you only used
<P><B>Using 32-bit ISE 10.1 on a 64-bit platform:</B> When using the 32-bit JTAG tools from ISE Design it to access USB cables. Parallel port support still seems to rely on <i>windrvr</i>, which can be
Suite 10.1 on a 64-bit machine, the tools will not connect to the cable but output the following emulated by <i>libusb-driver</i>.</P>
error: <I>Cable operation is not supported when running the 32-bit version of the application on a <P><B>Using 32-bit ISE 10.1 on a 64-bit platform:</B> When using the 32-bit JTAG tools from ISE Design
64-bit platform.</I> Suite 10.1 on a 64-bit machine, the tools will not connect to the cable but output the following
To fix this, run the tools with <KBD>linux32</KBD> or preload the newest 32-bit version of error: <I>Cable operation is not supported when running the 32-bit version of the application on a
<i>libusb-driver</i>. This will lead the tools to believe that they are running on a 32-bit 64-bit platform.</I>
platform and allows them to connect to the cable. 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.</LI>
<LI><I>2009-05-31</I>: ISE Design Suite 11.1 now uses their libusb based drivers as default, without
the need to set <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd>. If you want to use this driver with ISE 11.1 for USB
cables and disable the builtin support for libusb, you now have to set <kbd>XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB</kbd>
to <kbd>0</kbd> (<kbd>export XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB=0</kbd> or <kbd>setenv XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB 0</kbd>).
For parallel cables Xilinx still relies on <i>windrvr</i>. This library works fine with parallel cables and
ISE 11.1 with no need for <i>windrvr</i>.</LI>
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<H2>Supported Cables</H2> <H2>Supported Cables</H2>
The following cables are reported to work with this driver: The following cables are reported to work with this driver:
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<H2>Supported Software</H2> <H2>Supported Software</H2>
The following software is reported to work with this driver: The following software is reported to work with this driver:
<ul> <ul>
<li><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/ise/logic_design_prod/webpack.htm">ISE Webpack 11.1</a></li>
<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 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 9.2 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 9.1 SP1, SP2 and SP3</a></li>