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.../luna/r2d_task_i.c: r2d_check_and_send_event() call removed This call was present in the D-Sample color version of r2d_task_i.c, but not in any other version. Removing it produces no ill effect that I could see.
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1 The latest official firmware for Openmoko Neo1973 and Neo FreeRunner Calypso
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2 modems is moko13 as of this writing; moko13 is FreeCalypso Magnetite Hg
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3 changeset 286:840113655bbf built for the gtamodem target in the l1reconst
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4 configuration. There have been many changes in FC Magnetite since then, but
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5 few of them affect the l1reconst config on the gtamodem target in any
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6 noticeable way. The few noticeable post-moko13 changes which we do have in our
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7 current l1reconst code are not deemed important enough to justify making
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8 another formal release for a no-longer-made hardware platform that no longer
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9 has any real user community either.
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11 However, we also have the new TCS2/TCS3 hybrid config in which the old version
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12 of the G23M protocol stack from Openmoko (binary libs only, no source) has been
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13 replaced with a newer version from TI's TCS3/LoCosto program, and this new
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14 version is full source. This hybrid firmware has now reached the state where
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15 it is ready to be exercised by adventurous beta users in real-life usage.
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17 The new hybrid fw for the gtamodem target can be built as follows:
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19 ./configure.sh gtamodem hybrid
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20 cd build-gtamodem-hybrid; make
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22 Then after enduring the very slow build, you can flash it with fc-loadtool:
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24 loadtool> flash erase 0 0x250000
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25 loadtool> flash program-bin 0 fwimage.bin
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27 If you are brave enough to do the above, please let us know how this new modem
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28 firmware fares when driven by QtMoko or SHR on the AP - it would definitely be
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29 an adventure! We would be most interested in working with developers or
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30 maintainers of specific AP software components that are directly responsible
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31 for talking AT commands to the modem, if there are any such developers or
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32 maintainers still around.