u-boot DFU implement ---- dfu-util (1)

[This article is just collecting the information of dfu]

[dfu-util was originally written for the OpenMoko project:http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Dfu-util, and now is maintained at: http://dfu-util.gnumonks.org/]

1. Description

    dfu-util is the host side implementation of theDFU 1.0andDFU 1.1 specifications of the USB forum. DFU is intended to download and upload firmware to devices connected over USB. Using dfu-util you can download firmware to your DFU-enabled device or upload firmware from it.

2. dfu-util on ubuntu or debian

2.1 install dfu-util

2.1.1 using apt-get to install

$ sudo apt-get install dfu-util

2.1.2 install from source code [more information: http://dfu-util.gnumonks.org/build.html]

$ git clone git://gitorious.org/dfu-util/dfu-util.git

$ ./autogen.sh

$ ./configure

checking for libusb_init in -lusb... no
./configure: line 3810: syntax error near unexpected token `USB,'
./configure: line 3810: `    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(USB, libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.0,,'

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On ubuntu 12.04: sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0.0-dev

On ubuntu 10.04: sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

2.2 run dfu-util [more information: http://dfu-util.gnumonks.org/dfu-util.1.html]

$ dfu-util -h
Usage: dfu-util [options] ...
  -h --help                     Print this help message
  -V --version                  Print the version number
  -v --verbose                  Print verbose debug statements
  -l --list                     List the currently attached DFU capable USB devices
  -d --device vendor:product    Specify Vendor/Product ID of DFU device
  -p --path bus-port. ... .port Specify path to DFU device
  -c --cfg config_nr            Specify the Configuration of DFU device
  -i --intf intf_nr             Specify the DFU Interface number
  -a --alt alt                  Specify the Altsetting of the DFU Interface
                                by name or by number
  -t --transfer-size            Specify the number of bytes per USB Transfer
  -U --upload file              Read firmware from device into <file>
  -D --download file            Write firmware from <file> into device
  -R --reset                    Issue USB Reset signalling once we're finished
  -s --dfuse-address address    ST DfuSe mode, specify target address for
                                raw file download or upload. Not applicable for
                                DfuSe file (.dfu) downloads