Document how to recover from Xilinx "JTAG Cable not Found" error

[ekfriis]

Hi @jtikalsky, can you put on the wiki [1] instructions on how to recover from the JTAG cable driver getting wedged on ayinger/spaten so Nate/Tapas can fix it when you aren't around?

Do you know what causes the problem?

cc @nwoods @tsarangi

[1] https://github.com/uwcms/cms-calo-layer1/wiki

[ekfriis]

I am now stuck on the same problem at 904. I've reran:

cd /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/bin/lin/install_script/install_drivers
sudo ./install_drivers

which tells me

--File /sbin/fxload does not exist.

--The fxload package is not installed. This package is required to ensure correct Platform Cable USB
--operation and must be installed by the user or System Administrator. This warning can be safely ignored
--if you are using the Parallel Cable III or Parallel Cable IV.

So now I am looking for an SLC fxload to install. Maybe these links [1,2] will help.

[1] https://www.wrbishop.com/fpga/how-to-configure-xilinx-fpga-design-suite-13-3-under-rhelcentos-6-x-fedora-15/ [2] http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=2185

[ekfriis]

I installed fxload by downloading the RPM from here [1]. The final instructions that made it work again are:

# on cms904usr, since l1ts-rct-01 can't see the net
wget http://dl.atrpms.net/el5-x86_64/atrpms/stable/fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
# l1ts-rct-01
sudo yum  --nogpgcheck install fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
cd /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/bin/lin/install_script/install_drivers
sudo ./install_drivers
sudo chmod 666 /dev/windrvr6

@jtikalsky can you confirm this is a sane procedure? if so I will put it on the twiki. @pklabbers - can these steps get added to quattor?

[1] http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/atrpms-x86_64/fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm.html

[ekfriis]

Our cable stopped working after I unplugged it. This was due to Quattor erasing /sbin/fxload (how rude). Could something similar be happening at Chamberlin via puppet? We are working to get it into the Quattor profile here.

[ekfriis]

I think the instructions above are sufficient, I added it to the wiki. https://github.com/uwcms/cms-calo-layer1/wiki/Xilinx-SDK-XMD-and-JTAG

[jtikalsky]

This is sane.

On 10/16/2013 04:41 AM, Evan K. Friis wrote:

I installed |fxload| by downloading the RPM from here [1]. The final instructions that made it work again are:

|# on cms904usr, since l1ts-rct-01 can't see the net wget http://dl.atrpms.net/el5-x86_64/atrpms/stable/fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm

l1ts-rct-01

sudo yum --nogpgcheck install fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm cd /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/bin/lin/install_script/install_drivers sudo ./install_drivers sudo chmod 666 /dev/windrvr6 |

@jtikalsky https://github.com/jtikalsky can you confirm this is a sane procedure? if so I will put it on the twiki. @pklabbers https://github.com/pklabbers - can these steps get added to quattor?

[1] http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/atrpms-x86_64/fxload-2008_10_13-2.el5.x86_64.rpm.html

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