Under "Installing OpenOCD" mention that Linux users likely need to
set up some /etc/udev file, maybe using contrib/udev.rules if that
works on their distro.
Say point-blank that the D2XX code is faster on Windows; but that
it's no faster on Linux.
---
README | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Under "Installing OpenOCD" mention that Linux users likely need to
set up some /etc/udev file, maybe using contrib/udev.rules if that
works on their distro.
Say point-blank that the D2XX code is faster on Windows; and that
it's no faster on Linux.
---
README | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ you can build the in-tree documentation.
Installing OpenOCD
==================
+On Linux, you may have permissions problems to address. The best
+way to do this is to use the contrib/udev.rules file. It probably
+belongs somewhere in /etc/udev/rules.d, but consult your operating
+system documentation to be sure. In particular, make sure that it
+matches the syntax used by your operating system's version of udev.
+
A Note to OpenOCD Users
-----------------------
@@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ Then type ``make'', and perhaps ``make i
Using FTDI's FTD2XX
-------------------
-Some claim the (closed) FTDICHIP.COM solution is faster, which
+The (closed source) FTDICHIP.COM solution is faster on MS-Windows. That
is the motivation for supporting it even though its licensing restricts
it to non-redistributable OpenOCD binaries, and it is not available for
all operating systems used with OpenOCD. You may, however, build such
@@ -370,6 +376,9 @@ the following:
--with-ft2xx-linux-tardir=../libftd2xx0.4.16 \
... other options ...
+Note that on Linux there is no good reason to use these FTDI binaries;
+they are no faster (on Linux) than libftdi, and cause licensing issues.
+
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Obtaining OpenOCD From Subversion
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