Xilinx CPLD configuration under Linux ?

Hi All

Sorry for this being slightly off-topic, but this was the closest group 
I could find.

I need to configure a xilinx XC9536XL under linux. I've tried using 
naxjp, which can identify the CPLD correctly (sort of - it identifies it 
as being a cs48 when it actually is a pc44 ..), but when I try to 
program it I get

$ ./naxjp -auto 
xc9536xv_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed
Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xv_pc44'. File 
'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xv_pc44'
Elapsed time:   37 ms

However the algxc95xl IS in the directory. Since all documentation is in 
japanese and the source code not available I'm pretty stuck here. Btw. 
this is running on a Suse 9.1 system. So my questions are:

1) Have anybody seen/solved this problem ?
2) Are there any other solutions at all for programming the CPLD under 
linux ? ((X)SVF files are not an option - I can't get impact from 
webpack 6.3 to run at all under wine, so I can't generate them)
3) Does anyone have the details of the programming algorithm for the 
xc9500xl devices or a link to it (I can't seem to find it in the manuals 
with enough detail, and xapp058 is of no help since SVF is out) ? I can 
parse the JEDEC file and I'm willing to do the necessary parport 
programming to get this to run.

Hope someone can help - thanks in advance

-- 
Brian Pedersen
M.Sc.EE

Brian,
	Don't have a clue what the utility is of which you speak.

	But try "strace" to confirm exactly what file it is trying to 
open when it dies. Perhaps you will get some hints as to what and/or where 
(i.e. perhaps another directory) the program looking for that it 
doesn't find "it".  

Thanks, Steve

Brian Dam Pedersen wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Sorry for this being slightly off-topic, but this was the closest group
> I could find.
> 
> I need to configure a xilinx XC9536XL under linux. I've tried using
> naxjp, which can identify the CPLD correctly (sort of - it identifies it
> as being a cs48 when it actually is a pc44 ..), but when I try to
> program it I get
> 
> $ ./naxjp -auto
> xc9536xv_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed
> Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xv_pc44'. File
> 'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
> Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
> Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xv_pc44'
> Elapsed time:   37 ms
> 
> However the algxc95xl IS in the directory. Since all documentation is in
> japanese and the source code not available I'm pretty stuck here. Btw.
> this is running on a Suse 9.1 system. So my questions are:
> 
> 1) Have anybody seen/solved this problem ?
> 2) Are there any other solutions at all for programming the CPLD under
> linux ? ((X)SVF files are not an option - I can't get impact from
> webpack 6.3 to run at all under wine, so I can't generate them)
> 3) Does anyone have the details of the programming algorithm for the
> xc9500xl devices or a link to it (I can't seem to find it in the manuals
> with enough detail, and xapp058 is of no help since SVF is out) ? I can
> parse the JEDEC file and I'm willing to do the necessary parport
> programming to get this to run.
> 
> Hope someone can help - thanks in advance
> 

Brian Dam Pedersen <brian.pedersen@mail.danbbs.dk> wrote:
> Hi All

> Sorry for this being slightly off-topic, but this was the closest group 
> I could find.

> I need to configure a xilinx XC9536XL under linux. I've tried using 
> naxjp, which can identify the CPLD correctly (sort of - it identifies it 
> as being a cs48 when it actually is a pc44 ..), but when I try to 
> program it I get

> $ ./naxjp -auto 
> xc9536xv_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed
> Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xv_pc44'. File 
> 'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
> Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
> Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xv_pc44'
> Elapsed time:   37 ms

> However the algxc95xl IS in the directory. Since all documentation is in 
> japanese and the source code not available I'm pretty stuck here. Btw. 
> this is running on a Suse 9.1 system. So my questions are:

Is is a 95xl versus 95xv Problem.

Bye

-- 
Uwe Bonnes                bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik  Schlossgartenstrasse 9  64289 Darmstadt
--------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------

Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> Brian Dam Pedersen <brian.pedersen@mail.danbbs.dk> wrote:
> 
>>Hi All
> 
> 
>>Sorry for this being slightly off-topic, but this was the closest group 
>>I could find.
> 
> 
>>I need to configure a xilinx XC9536XL under linux. I've tried using 
>>naxjp, which can identify the CPLD correctly (sort of - it identifies it 
>>as being a cs48 when it actually is a pc44 ..), but when I try to 
>>program it I get
> 
> 
>>$ ./naxjp -auto 
>>xc9536xv_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed
>>Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xv_pc44'. File 
>>'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
>>Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
>>Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xv_pc44'
>>Elapsed time:   37 ms
> 
> 
>>However the algxc95xl IS in the directory. Since all documentation is in 
>>japanese and the source code not available I'm pretty stuck here. Btw. 
>>this is running on a Suse 9.1 system. So my questions are:
> 
> 
> Is is a 95xl versus 95xv Problem.
> 
> Bye
> 

Great- however it did not bring me closer to a solution ;) Any other 
hints or advices ?

-- Brian

Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> Brian Dam Pedersen <brian.pedersen@mail.danbbs.dk> wrote:
> 
>>Hi All
> 
> 
>>Sorry for this being slightly off-topic, but this was the closest group 
>>I could find.
> 
> 
>>I need to configure a xilinx XC9536XL under linux. I've tried using 
>>naxjp, which can identify the CPLD correctly (sort of - it identifies it 
>>as being a cs48 when it actually is a pc44 ..), but when I try to 
>>program it I get
> 
> 
>>$ ./naxjp -auto 
>>xc9536xv_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed
>>Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xv_pc44'. File 
>>'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
>>Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
>>Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xv_pc44'
>>Elapsed time:   37 ms
> 
> 
>>However the algxc95xl IS in the directory. Since all documentation is in 
>>japanese and the source code not available I'm pretty stuck here. Btw. 
>>this is running on a Suse 9.1 system. So my questions are:
> 
> 
> Is is a 95xl versus 95xv Problem.
> 
> Bye
> 

Got the hint - there was a typo in my command line. However fixing this 
did not fix my problems:
$ ./naxjp -port digilent.txt -auto 
"xc9536xl_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed"
Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xl_pc44'. File 
'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xl_pc44'
Elapsed time:   43 ms

Brian Dam Pedersen <brian.pedersen@mail.danbbs.dk> wrote:

> Got the hint - there was a typo in my command line. However fixing this 
> did not fix my problems:
> $ ./naxjp -port digilent.txt -auto 
> "xc9536xl_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed"
> Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xl_pc44'. File 
> 'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
> Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
> Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xl_pc44'
> Elapsed time:   43 ms

What is the Jtag ID of your chip? Perhaps there is some mismatch between
what naxjp knowns and how your chips identifies itself. If you look around
for naxjp-079, when source was still available, you may compile a debug
version and look with gdb what is going wrong! I can sen you the 79.tgz
version on request.

Otherwise ask your Xilinx distributor for a 60 day demo of the Linux ISE
version. You can use Impact then to program your chips

Bye
-- 
Uwe Bonnes                bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik  Schlossgartenstrasse 9  64289 Darmstadt
--------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------

Uwe Bonnes wrote:

>Brian Dam Pedersen <brian.pedersen@mail.danbbs.dk> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Got the hint - there was a typo in my command line. However fixing this 
>>did not fix my problems:
>>$ ./naxjp -port digilent.txt -auto 
>>"xc9536xl_pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed"
>>Device position 1. Command 'auto'. Partname 'xc9536xl_pc44'. File 
>>'pc44:/home/brian/projects/extensionboard/cpld/wiring.jed'
>>Plug-in file 'algxc95xl' not found.
>>Device error:ISP algorithm is unknown for device 'xc9536xl_pc44'
>>Elapsed time:   43 ms
>>    
>>
>
>What is the Jtag ID of your chip? Perhaps there is some mismatch between
>what naxjp knowns and how your chips identifies itself. If you look around
>for naxjp-079, when source was still available, you may compile a debug
>version and look with gdb what is going wrong! I can sen you the 79.tgz
>version on request.
>  
>
Oh, yeah!  There was a change in the device ID sometime like 1997 that 
totally
screwed up all the JTAG programming tools.  The utility you are using 
may be expecting
the old dev ID, or maybe the parts you have are the old ones, and the 
program is expecting
the NEW ID.  There is a cleverly hidden knowledge base article on this 
problem.
At least with the Xilinx tools, there was no workaround for it.  I ran 
into this on
the XC9572 (NON-XL) part, but I think this change affected many of the 95xx
parts.

Jon