Phase 2: There and back again

the problem was really openocd 0.9.0 (and also 0.8.0) both of which are flaky with the JLINK and OLIMEX Jtag tiny adapters. I tested this on the olimex_stm32_h103.cfg board. on the other hand, openocd 0.7.0 had no issues, with either the ft2232 or the ftdi configuration files.

Oddly enough 0.7.0 was what I was using a few years ago when I was developing firmware for the stm32 series

so I rebuilt it this afternoon and thats what I am going to be using going forward:
sudo ./configure --enable-ftdi --enable-ft2232_libftdi --enable-ioutil --enable-jlink --enable-usbprog


also here is a copy of the /etc/udev/rules.d/99-openocd.rules
This makes running openocd with sudo privileges unnecessary. Note that the user has to be a member of group "plugdev" in order to use this

# Copy this file to /etc/udev/rules.d/

ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="openocd_rules_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="usb|tty|hidraw", GOTO="openocd_rules_end"

# Please keep this list sorted by VID:PID

# opendous and estick
ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="204f", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Original FT232/FT245 VID:PID
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Original FT2232 VID:PID
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Original FT4232 VID:PID
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6011", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Original FT232H VID:PID
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6014", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# DISTORTEC JTAG-lock-pick Tiny 2
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8220", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# TUMPA, TUMPA Lite
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8a98", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8a99", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# XDS100v2
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="a6d0", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Xverve Signalyzer Tool (DT-USB-ST), Signalyzer LITE (DT-USB-SLITE)
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="bca0", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="bca1", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# TI/Luminary Stellaris Evaluation Board FTDI (several)
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="bcd9", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# TI/Luminary Stellaris In-Circuit Debug Interface FTDI (ICDI) Board
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="bcda", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# egnite Turtelizer 2
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="bdc8", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Section5 ICEbear
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c140", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c141", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Amontec JTAGkey and JTAGkey-tiny
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="cff8", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# TI ICDI
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0451", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c32a", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# STLink v1
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3744", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# STLink v2
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3748", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# STLink v2-1
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="374b", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Hilscher NXHX Boards
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0640", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0028", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Hitex STR9-comStick
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0640", ATTRS{idProduct}=="002c", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Hitex STM32-PerformanceStick
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0640", ATTRS{idProduct}=="002d", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Amontec JTAGkey-HiSpeed
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fbb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1000", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# IAR J-Link USB
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1366", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0101", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1366", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0102", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1366", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0103", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1366", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0104", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# J-Link-OB (onboard)
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1366", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0105", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Raisonance RLink
ATTRS{idVendor}=="138e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="9000", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Debug Board for Neo1973
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1457", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5118", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Olimex ARM-USB-OCD
ATTRS{idVendor}=="15ba", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-TINY
ATTRS{idVendor}=="15ba", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0004", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Olimex ARM-JTAG-EW
ATTRS{idVendor}=="15ba", ATTRS{idProduct}=="001e", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-TINY-H
ATTRS{idVendor}=="15ba", ATTRS{idProduct}=="002a", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-H
ATTRS{idVendor}=="15ba", ATTRS{idProduct}=="002b", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# USBprog with OpenOCD firmware
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c63", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# TI/Luminary Stellaris In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) Board
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1cbe", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00fd", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# Marvell Sheevaplug
ATTRS{idVendor}=="9e88", ATTRS{idProduct}=="9e8f", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

# CMSIS-DAP compatible adapters
ATTRS{product}=="*CMSIS-DAP*", MODE="664", GROUP="plugdev"

LABEL="openocd_rules_end"