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17 years ago

HELP! - Virtualization and the USB ByteBlaster

Hello, This is weird one - I'm sure of it. I also made sure that I didn't miss any other posts that could help me regarding this issue in the forum. I am running linux; Ubuntu 8.04 to be ...
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17 years ago

I wouldn't try virtualizing USB, but rather get the USB Blaster working in your host OS, setup remote JTAG (over ethernet) and then use the ethernet device, in your virtual machine to communicate with your "remote" JTAG connection.

I would choose this path mostly because virtualized networking is very well tested, whereas specific USB devices, like the USB Blaster, are not.

See this post (http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8756), on Nios Forum, recommending the same thing.

You'll have to do some documentation hunting to setup remote JTAG, but it shouldn't be all that hard to do and (IMO) has a higher probability of success than what you're currently trying.

Cheers,

- Ura