feature request --showall

[gojimmypi]

TIL from @goran-mahovlic that when testing the new @RadionaOrg ULX3S boards, the FTDI firmware version will change and some old versions of fujprog and ujprog will NO LONGER WORK. This could make for a really horrible first time user experience.

So my feature request: add something to fujprog that shows all the interesting characteristics of the board (versions, etc), with a warning as to which respective minimum versions of fujprog and ujprog are needed.

I'm thinking something like: fujprog --showall

This first step should prominently be displayed in all tutorials for the ULX3S to avoid potentially countless hours of frustration in trying the program the ULX3S with an out-of-date bitstream uploader tool.

See also: Warning: New batch - or just testing .

Thanks!

[dpavlin]

If fujprog had long flags (which it doesn't, @kost hint, hint) I would prefer --boards flag for that. It could be -B as short flag, since -b is already used.

Since we don't have any differences in ULX3S boards in ujprog/fujprog we could also check just prefix ignoring version which would make it future-compatibile. Or check v3.0 without minor version at least....

[dpavlin]

Now that @kost implemented more verbose -d output you can get list of supported boards with:

# fujprog -d -i
ULX2S / ULX3S JTAG programmer v4.6 (git e0cedeb built Aug  1 2020 07:13:47)
Copyright (C) Marko Zec, EMARD, gojimmypi, kost and contributors
Going through cable_hw_map loop
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6001) with path FER ULXP2 board JTAG / UART
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6001) with path FER ULX2S board JTAG / UART
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA board
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA v1.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 25K v1.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 45K v1.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 12K v2.1.2
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 25K v2.1.2
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 45K v2.1.2
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 85K v2.1.2
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 12K v3.0.3
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 25K v3.0.3
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 45K v3.0.3
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.3
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 12K v3.0.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 25K v3.0.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 45K v3.0.7
Looking cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.7
Found cableID 0 (0x0403, 0x6015) with path ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.7
Returning from setup_usb()
Using USB cable: ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.7

This will stop if it finds support board or list all supported boards.

I don't have any v3.0.8 boards anymore so it's not really listing all versions, but up to supported one.