Re: invalid ELF header

"Diez B. Roggisch" <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:27:31 +0100
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You are trying to use a Windows DLL under Linux. That won=E2=80=99t fly.

AFAIK the ft260 shouldn=E2=80=99t need this to begin with, because =
it=E2=80=99s a HID-device that should show up in your OS. Here is a =
discussion about using it on Linux:

=
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/has-anyone-worked-with-the-=
ftdi-ft260-yet/ =
<https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/has-anyone-worked-with-the=
-ftdi-ft260-yet/>

Diez

> On 23. Nov 2017, at 08:33, Jach Fong <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi! I tried the xml2py under Ubuntu 14.04 on library LibFT260, but =
fail.
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> ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Works$ xml2py -c -d -k defst -l ~/Works/LibFT260.dll =
-o ~/Works/libft260.py ~/Works/libft260.xml
> ...
> ...
> OSError: /home/ubuntu/Works/LibFT260.dll: invalid ELF header
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> Can anyone tell what the problem is? Thank you.
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> Best Regards,
> Jach Fong
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> PS. this library can be downloaded from the following page:
>    http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT260.html
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">You are trying to use a Windows DLL under Linux. That won=E2=80=
=99t fly.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">AFAIK the =
ft260 shouldn=E2=80=99t need this to begin with, because it=E2=80=99s a =
HID-device that should show up in your OS. Here is a discussion about =
using it on Linux:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/has-anyone-worked-w=
ith-the-ftdi-ft260-yet/" =
class=3D"">https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/has-anyone-worke=
d-with-the-ftdi-ft260-yet/</a></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Diez</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On =
23. Nov 2017, at 08:33, Jach Fong &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt;=
 wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Hi! I tried the xml2py under Ubuntu 14.04 on library =
LibFT260, but fail.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Works$ =
xml2py -c -d -k defst -l ~/Works/LibFT260.dll -o ~/Works/libft260.py =
~/Works/libft260.xml<br class=3D"">...<br class=3D"">...<br =
class=3D"">OSError: /home/ubuntu/Works/LibFT260.dll: invalid ELF =
header<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Can anyone tell what the problem is? =
Thank you.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Best Regards,<br =
class=3D"">Jach Fong<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">PS. this library can =
be downloaded from the following page:<br class=3D""> =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT260.html" =
class=3D"">http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT260.html</a><br =
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