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16 years ago

HOWTO: Setting up the USB blaster on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

edit: as of quartus ii 11.0, altera finally supports /dev/bus/usb out-of-the-box and does not rely on usbfs. the original version of this post described how to "fake" usbfs support in ubuntu, but thi...
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15 years ago

Ok, so you need to do this:

  • Install quartus in the host system and the guest system.

  • Open the programmer window in the host system and set a remote password, or use this command: `jtagconfig --enableremote password` (You may want to choose a better password).

  • In the guest system either type `jtagconfig --addserver <nameofhost> password` or go to the programmer configuration window and add it from there.

  • You might have to fiddle with the windows firewall to enable the guest to connect to TCP port 1309.

Once you've done all of that the USB-Blaster should be visible in both host and guest systems.