David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> mention udev, and correct D2XX speed mentions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk@2526 b42882b7-edfa-0310-969c-e2dbd0fdcd60

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@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ you can build the in-tree documentation.
 Installing OpenOCD
 ==================
 
 Installing OpenOCD
 ==================
 

+On Linux, you may have permissions problems to address.  The best
+way to do this is to use the contrib/udev.rules file.  It probably
+belongs somewhere in /etc/udev/rules.d, but consult your operating
+system documentation to be sure.  In particular, make sure that it
+matches the syntax used by your operating system's version of udev.
+

 A Note to OpenOCD Users
 -----------------------
 
 A Note to OpenOCD Users
 -----------------------
 


@@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ Then type ``make'', and perhaps ``make install''.
 Using FTDI's FTD2XX
 -------------------
 
 Using FTDI's FTD2XX
 -------------------
 

-Some claim the (closed) FTDICHIP.COM solution is faster, which
+The (closed source) FTDICHIP.COM solution is faster on MS-Windows.  That

 is the motivation for supporting it even though its licensing restricts
 it to non-redistributable OpenOCD binaries, and it is not available for
 all operating systems used with OpenOCD.  You may, however, build such
 is the motivation for supporting it even though its licensing restricts
 it to non-redistributable OpenOCD binaries, and it is not available for
 all operating systems used with OpenOCD.  You may, however, build such


@@ -370,6 +376,9 @@ the following:
         --with-ft2xx-linux-tardir=../libftd2xx0.4.16 \
        ... other options ...
 
         --with-ft2xx-linux-tardir=../libftd2xx0.4.16 \
        ... other options ...
 

+Note that on Linux there is no good reason to use these FTDI binaries;
+they are no faster (on Linux) than libftdi, and cause licensing issues.
+

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 Obtaining OpenOCD From Subversion
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 Obtaining OpenOCD From Subversion
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