David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> More testcase work:

[openocd.git] / README

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@@ -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
 -----------------------
 
@@ -305,6 +311,10 @@ libftdi.
 Using LIBFTDI
 -------------
 
+The libftdi source code can be download from the following website:
+
+  http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download.php
+
 For both Linux and Windows, both libusb and libftdi must be built and
 installed.  To use the newer FT2232H chips, supporting RTCK and USB high
 speed (480 Mbps), you need libftdi version 0.16 or newer.  Many Linux
@@ -321,7 +331,7 @@ Then type ``make'', and perhaps ``make install''.
 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
@@ -353,19 +363,6 @@ according to GNU GPLv2 without any exceptions.  That means that
 _distributing_ copies of OpenOCD built with the FTDI code would violate
 the OpenOCD licensing terms.  
 
-
-Cygwin/Win32 Notes
-******************
-
-The Cygwin/Win32 ZIP file contains a directory named ftd2xx.win32.
-Assuming that you have extracted this archive in the same directory as
-the OpenOCD package, you could configure with options like the following:
-
-   ./configure \
-       --enable-ft2232_ftd2xx \
-       --with-ftd2xx-win32-zipdir=../ftd2xx.win32 \
-       ... other options ...
-
 Linux Notes
 ***********
 
@@ -379,6 +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.
+
 =================================
 Obtaining OpenOCD From Subversion
 ---------------------------------
@@ -404,16 +404,9 @@ Tips For Building From The Subversion Repository
 ************************************************
 
 Building OpenOCD from a repository requires a recent version of the GNU
-autotools (autoconf >= 2.59 and automake >= 1.9).  For building on
-Windows, you have to use Cygwin. Make sure that your PATH
-environment variable contains no other locations with Unix utils (like
-UnxUtils) - these can't handle the Cygwin paths, resulting in obscure
-dependency errors.  This was an observation gathered from the logs of
-one user; please correct us if this is wrong.
+autotools (autoconf >= 2.59 and automake >= 1.9).  
 
 1) Run './bootstrap' to create the 'configure' script and prepare
    the build process for your host system.
 
 2) Run './configure --enable-maintainer-mode' with other options.
-
-