[flashrom] Rayer_SPI and xilinx buffered dlc5 cable

[Andrew Tarabaras]

Pin 6 is connected as in this circuit

http://dev.ivanov.eu/uploads/images/dlc5/dlc5_schematic3.png

I think it's been fixed now. I remember being asked to test it a while ago
after some changes to the code and it worked.

Cheers
Andrew tarabaras

On Thursday, 29 August 2013, Stefan Tauner wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:55:44 +1100
> Andrew Tarabaras <andytara12 at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a heads up that the rayer_spi module wont work with a buffered
> xilinx
> > DLC cable. There is a pull down buffer in the MISO ( Data In ) line which
> > is enabled when pin 6 of the parallel port is pulled low.
> >
> > I dont have time to be submitting patches, fix it or not I dont mind.
> >
> > These are the changes I made.
> > […]
> >
> > Cheers, hope it will help stop someone else spending hours debugging
> > something that doesn't work.
>
> Hm, I wonder if it ever worked. The original patch was sent to us by
> Jakab Peter in 2010. Jakab: do you remember flashrom? :) As far as I
> can see the official documentation of the xilinx cable always mentions
> the buffer. Do you have a cheap clone or a very old version of the
> original cable? Eventually I would like to know if pin6 of the printer
> port is connected to anything in your cable. If not (or if it is even
> equal to the buffered version and you just forgot to mention that
> change) we could just disable the pull down by default on the xilinx
> type and remove the need for another type.
> --
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
>
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