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first round of documentation updates for 2018
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
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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 built for
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3 the gtamodem target in the l1reconst configuration. There have not been any
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4 changes in FC Magnetite since the moko13 release that affect the l1reconst
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5 config on the gtamodem target in any noticeable way, hence there is no need for
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6 a new release currently.
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8 However, we also have the new TCS2/TCS3 hybrid config in which the old version
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9 of the G23M protocol stack from Openmoko (binary libs only, no source) has been
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10 replaced with a newer version from TI's TCS3/LoCosto program, and this new
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11 version is full source. This hybrid firmware has not yet reached mokoN release
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12 status because some obscure features of the old ACI have not yet been
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13 reimplemented in the new one, but in every other way this hybrid fw is ready to
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14 be tested and exercised in real usage.
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16 The new hybrid fw for the gtamodem target can be built as follows:
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18 ./configure.sh gtamodem hybrid
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19 cd build-gtamodem-hybrid; make
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21 Then after enduring the very slow build, you can flash it with fc-loadtool:
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23 loadtool> flash erase 0 0x250000
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24 loadtool> flash program-bin 0 fwimage.bin
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26 If you are brave enough to do the above, please let us know how this new modem
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27 firmware fares when driven by QtMoko or SHR on the AP - it would definitely be
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28 an adventure!