From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: fxload 2002_04_11 release
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:50:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-101862683603336@msgid-missing> (raw)
I'm pleased to announce that the "fxload" package, split out from
the core hotplug utilities (latest release 2002_04_01), now has
its own release available at
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-hotplug/
Formats for the current release include
fxload-2002_04_11.tar.gz ... tarball
fxload-2002_04_11-1.i386.rpm... x86 rpm (rh7)
fxload-2002_04_11-1.src.rpm... source rpm (rh7)
The "fxload" utility is used with USB devices based on Cypress
EZ-USB microcontrollers (original, FX, and FX2). It's used to
download firmware to those devices, using "usbfs" rather than
needing to tie down kernel memory with those images. And it
can also ease licensing concerns about linking non-GPL'd code
into the Linux kernel ... :)
This program will be interesting to you if you're providing Linux
support (including a driver) for USB products based on those
EZ-USB controllers, or are developing such products.
Features of this updated version include:
- Understands two stage loading, as needed by devices
that require off-chip memory. The package now includes
the "a3load.hex" image from Cypress, which installs into
a new /usr/share/usb directory.
- Supports use of Cypress "Vend_Ax" loader for writing
to the I2C boot EEPROMs; handy during development.
- Bugfixes, including correct merging of adjacent records
for faster downloads (or EEPROM programming).
- Source code compiles against 2.5 kernel headers.
- "fxload -V" tells you what version you're using.
The release also includes an updated manual page; an
example showing how to use this is towards the end of:
http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=usb
Followups to the linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
or linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net lists as appropriate.
- Dave
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