Re: Failed control transfer

From: Daniel O'Connor <darius_at_dons.net.au>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:08:18 UTC

> On 20 Oct 2022, at 23:39, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote:
> 
> On 10/12/22 05:56, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>>> On 11 Oct 2022, at 22:12, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote:
>>>> What does "usbdump -i usbusX -f Y -s 65536 -vvv" say?
>>> 
>>> Maybe you should trace using usbdump from the start of attachment.
>> Sorry to waste your time I just realised my mistake..
>> When it was connected to Linux/MacOS a tool automatically ran which silently patched(!) the Cypress FX2 code (it reset the CPU but didn't cause a reconnection so I didn't notice).
>> After the code is patched the serial number command works (but xc3sprog blows up because it changes the protocol)
> 
> Cool!

Well I'm glad it wasn't FreeBSD but it was a pretty sneaky trick by Xilinx!

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Daniel O'Connor
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