Re: Improved fxload [Was: Re: fxload devpath]

["Wojciech A. Koszek" <wojciech@koszek.com>]

Carl,

Thanks for testing. I gave you the credit for mentioning 
LIBUSB_SUPPORT=1. I forgot about it.

W.

On 10/13/15 10:52 AM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> looks like I need to set LIBUSB_SUPPORT
> $ LIBUSB_SUPPORT=1 make
>
> And now it is working as described, which is very nice.
> +1  mainline
>
> Q:  What happens if there are 2 devices plugged in?
>
> I am assuming it uses the first one it finds.
> For my usage that is fine.
> You might want to add an index or something, although in those cases
> the person can just use the devpath.  I expect most people will be
> using this from a udev rule that acts on the device being plugged in.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Wojciech A. Koszek
> <wojciech@koszek.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> In May 2010 I've fixed fxload by adding LibUSB support.
>>
>> After seeing Carl's e-mail I dug out a patches from backup, and made a repo
>> out of it:
>>
>> https://github.com/wkoszek/fxload
>>
>> So basically fxload would gain LibUSB support and much easier usage, since
>> the paths which fxload requires right now change for some devices doing
>> re-enumeration.
>>
>> Back then I failed to get any replies. Retrying now in hope we could get
>> these fixes into mainline.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wojciech
>>
>> On 10/11/15 8:23 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
>>> 12.10.2015 01:29, Carl Karsten пишет:
>>>> man fxload - Firmware download to EZ-USB devices
>>>>
>>>> fxload  [  -v  ]  [ -l ] [ -D devpath ] ...
>>>>
>>>>          -D devpath
>>>>                 Specifies the "usbfs" path name for the device in
>>>> question, such
>>>>                 as /proc/bus/usb/004/080.  This takes precedence over any
>>>> DEVICE
>>>>                 environment variable that may be set.
>>>>
>>>> How do I figure out what the devpath is for the device I plugged in?
>>>>
>>>> or.. how do I know what devnum will get assigned?
>>>>
>>>> The device(s) I am working with:
>>>>
>>>> juser@dc10b:~$ lsusb -s 2:9; lsusb -s 2:10
>>>> Bus 002 Device 009: ID 04e2:1410 Exar Corp.
>>>> Bus 002 Device 010: ID 1443:0007 Digilent Development board JTAG
>>>>
>>> Should be /dev/bus/usb/002/010 etc.
>>>
>>>> Ubuntu trusty lts
>>>> Linux dc10b 3.13.0-65-generic #106-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 22:08:27 UTC
>>>> 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
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