BSD Ports

misc/fxload 20140224_1 DragonFly

Firmware download for Cypress EZ-USB devices

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
GPLv2+
Categories
misc
Package size
21.4 KiB, 47.1 KiB installed

Description

The utility allows you to download firmware into and upload firmware from the memory of a Cypress EZ-USB/FX2/FX3 chips. It is a de facto standard for programming this family of devices.

This port is based on original fxload(8) program available from Linux Hotplug Project. Libusb support has been provided to correctly work on FreeBSD and patches for the FX3 have been merged in.

In the other systems

SystemPortVersion
DragonFlymisc/fxload20140224_1
FreeBSDmisc/fxload20140224_1

Install

Binary package:

pkg install fxload

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/misc/fxload && make install clean

Dependencies

Required by 1

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

fxload(8) with LibUSB support has been installed.

	For more information on how to use it, visit fxload(8) manual page.

	devd(5) settings are provided with this program. Directory:

		/usr/local/etc/devd

	contains configuration files for known devices. In order to to
	reprogram other USB devices automatically, you may want to modify one
	of those fles or /etc/devd.conf contents. Check devd.conf(5) for
	details on syntax.

===>   NOTICE:

The fxload port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing