On Oct 26, 5:38=A0am, thecreator <gruber.ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to connect my virtex-4 ML403 board with the DLC9 cable
> (USB) under Linux (Fedora).
> Installed the linux usb-driver fromhttp://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/
> and preloaded it (LD_PRELOAD). Also put the .hex files and the .rules
> files to the correct dir.
>
> I 've chosen output->cable setup -> usb cable.
> The output of impact is this:
>
> INFO:iMPACT:501 - '1': Added Device xc4vfx12 successfully.
> ...
> Connecting to cable (Usb Port - USB22).
> Checking cable driver.
> File version of /vlsi_soft/xilinx_ise9.1i/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex =3D
> 1025(dec), 0x0401.
> File version of /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex =3D 1025(dec), 0x0401.
> =A0libusb-driver.so version: 2007-10-16 14:54:24.
> Cable connection failed.
>
> The LED on the USB cable box is still OFF.
> lsusb shows the follwing:
> =A0 =A0 Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03fd:0007 Xilinx, Inc.
>
> Do I have to install any other drivers or software additionally to
> this usb-driver wrappers?
>
> Thanks for hints!
> regards, Ralph

Hi Ralph,

I believe you need to update the firmware for your cable - see the
instructions below (from the usb-driver readme file):

Notes for the USB cable
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

To use the device as an ordinary user, put the following line in a new
file "libusb-driver.rules" in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
ACTION=3D=3D"add", BUS=3D=3D"usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=3D=3D"03fd", MODE=3D"666=
"


If your cable does not have the ID 03fd:0008 in the output of lsusb,
the initial firmware has not been loaded (loading it changes the
product-ID from another value to 8). To load the firmware follow
these steps:

1. If you have no /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules file, copy it from
   /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/
xusbdfwu.rules

2. Install the package containing /sbin/fxload from your linux
distribution.
   It is usually called "fxload"

3. copy the files /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusb*.hex to /usr/share/

4. restart udev and re-plug the cable


Cheers,
David

hi,
if you have one of the new (red) DLC9-cables, the driver from
http://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/ will not work (LED stays off).
it works fine with the old (black) cables and the LED should turn orange
or green if you connect it.
i took a short try to get the red cables to run and succeeded
temporarily with the windrv6 module under ubuntu64. i think i accidently
took a evaluation version of the driver because it worked only for some
hours:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xilinx_ISE_WebPACK_10.1_wUSB_cable_on_ArchLinux-2.6.24
please report if you have more luck or if you find another solution!

regards,
heiko




thecreator schrieb:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to connect my virtex-4 ML403 board with the DLC9 cable
> (USB) under Linux (Fedora).
> Installed the linux usb-driver from http://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/
> and preloaded it (LD_PRELOAD). Also put the .hex files and the .rules
> files to the correct dir.
> 
> I 've chosen output->cable setup -> usb cable.
> The output of impact is this:
> 
> INFO:iMPACT:501 - '1': Added Device xc4vfx12 successfully.
> ....
> Connecting to cable (Usb Port - USB22).
> Checking cable driver.
> File version of /vlsi_soft/xilinx_ise9.1i/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex =
> 1025(dec), 0x0401.
> File version of /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex = 1025(dec), 0x0401.
>  libusb-driver.so version: 2007-10-16 14:54:24.
> Cable connection failed.
> 
> The LED on the USB cable box is still OFF.
> lsusb shows the follwing:
>     Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03fd:0007 Xilinx, Inc.
> 
> Do I have to install any other drivers or software additionally to
> this usb-driver wrappers?
> 
> Thanks for hints!
> regards, Ralph

Hi!

I'm trying to connect my virtex-4 ML403 board with the DLC9 cable
(USB) under Linux (Fedora).
Installed the linux usb-driver from http://www.rmdir.de/~michael/xilinx/
and preloaded it (LD_PRELOAD). Also put the .hex files and the .rules
files to the correct dir.

I 've chosen output->cable setup -> usb cable.
The output of impact is this:

INFO:iMPACT:501 - '1': Added Device xc4vfx12 successfully.
...
Connecting to cable (Usb Port - USB22).
Checking cable driver.
File version of /vlsi_soft/xilinx_ise9.1i/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex =
1025(dec), 0x0401.
File version of /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex = 1025(dec), 0x0401.
 libusb-driver.so version: 2007-10-16 14:54:24.
Cable connection failed.

The LED on the USB cable box is still OFF.
lsusb shows the follwing:
    Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03fd:0007 Xilinx, Inc.

Do I have to install any other drivers or software additionally to
this usb-driver wrappers?

Thanks for hints!
regards, Ralph