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diff doc/Freerunner-Howto @ 373:9399a83cb394
first round of documentation updates for 2018
author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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date | Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:44:09 +0000 |
parents | 79cb194284ca |
children | c9a65db8be4a |
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--- a/doc/Freerunner-Howto Mon Jan 01 19:06:34 2018 +0000 +++ b/doc/Freerunner-Howto Thu Jan 11 22:44:09 2018 +0000 @@ -1,27 +1,19 @@ -Running FreeCalypso Magnetite firmware on the Neo Freerunner -============================================================ - -As explained in the Modem-configs article, we currently have 3 different modem -fw configurations which differ in the degree of deblobbing. The classic -configuration is exactly the same as leo2moko from 2013; the l1reconst config -rebuilds most of L1 from source, but our L1 reconstruction is so accurate that -there will be no observable difference in behaviour. The hybrid configuration, -however, is quite interesting in that it is a new major development, as major -parts of the fw have been replaced with an entirely new version from another TI -program. +The latest official firmware for Openmoko Neo1973 and Neo FreeRunner Calypso +modems is moko13 as of this writing; moko13 is FreeCalypso Magnetite built for +the gtamodem target in the l1reconst configuration. There have not been any +changes in FC Magnetite since the moko13 release that affect the l1reconst +config on the gtamodem target in any noticeable way, hence there is no need for +a new release currently. -The deblobbed TCS2/TCS3 hybrid configuration is intended to be our direction -going forward, but it will need extensive testing and debugging before it can -replace the classic/l1reconst configs (or older mokoN/leo2moko firmwares) for -production use. The principal developer's intent is to build our desired -FCDEV3B hardware and do this testing and debugging on that board, but it can -also be done on Openmoko devices. +However, we also have the new TCS2/TCS3 hybrid config in which the old version +of the G23M protocol stack from Openmoko (binary libs only, no source) has been +replaced with a newer version from TI's TCS3/LoCosto program, and this new +version is full source. This hybrid firmware has not yet reached mokoN release +status because some obscure features of the old ACI have not yet been +reimplemented in the new one, but in every other way this hybrid fw is ready to +be tested and exercised in real usage. -Given the current state of the remains of what once was the Openmoko community, -I (Mychaela) do not feel like doing any significant work on this platform; -instead I would rather build our own FCDEV3B and leave Openmoko behind. -However, if anyone else feels otherwise and would like to play with our -TCS2/TCS3 hybrid modem fw on Openmoko hardware, you can build it like this: +The new hybrid fw for the gtamodem target can be built as follows: ./configure.sh gtamodem hybrid cd build-gtamodem-hybrid; make