On 08/11/2010 08:43 AM, Andrey Batyiev wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to use usb parallel port cable with wiggler clone, but with
> no luck. Cable shows itself in lsusb as:
>
> Bus 007 Device 039: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel 
> Port
>
> and creates device node as /dev/usb/lp0
>
> Looking at openocd code I found out that it use ppdev which is not
> supported by usb cable.
> Is there any way to use this cable with openocd?
>
>   
Without ppdev to abstract the parallel port, you can't use this
combination.  I suggest you find an old PC with a legacy parallel port.

Even if your cable driver supported ppdev...  I was able to get a usb
parallel port cable (Moschip 7715) and a Wiggler-compatible JTAG i/f to
work with OpenOCD using ppdev on a Linux host, but it was so
excruciatingly slow as to be unusable.  I now use an old PC to host
OpenOCD, networked to my desktop on which I do my development.  It's
fine for debugging, though large transfers (loading OS to target,
dumping large memory region, etc) can take a few minutes.

I believe OpenOCD can be compiled to access the parallel port hardware
directly, rather than use ppdev.  See the configure options.

HTH,
Mike

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