diff doc/Freerunner-Howto @ 485:c9a65db8be4a

doc/Freerunner-Howto: update for the current situation
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:39:54 +0000
parents 9399a83cb394
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--- a/doc/Freerunner-Howto	Wed Jun 20 08:18:48 2018 +0000
+++ b/doc/Freerunner-Howto	Thu Jun 21 06:39:54 2018 +0000
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 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.
+modems is moko13 as of this writing; moko13 is FreeCalypso Magnetite Hg
+changeset 286:840113655bbf built for the gtamodem target in the l1reconst
+configuration.  There have been many changes in FC Magnetite since then, but
+few of them affect the l1reconst config on the gtamodem target in any
+noticeable way.  The few noticeable post-moko13 changes which we do have in our
+current l1reconst code are not deemed important enough to justify making
+another formal release for a no-longer-made hardware platform that no longer
+has any real user community either.
 
 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.
+version is full source.  This hybrid firmware has now reached the state where
+it is ready to be exercised by adventurous beta users in real-life usage.
 
 The new hybrid fw for the gtamodem target can be built as follows:
 
@@ -25,4 +26,7 @@
 
 If you are brave enough to do the above, please let us know how this new modem
 firmware fares when driven by QtMoko or SHR on the AP - it would definitely be
-an adventure!
+an adventure!  We would be most interested in working with developers or
+maintainers of specific AP software components that are directly responsible
+for talking AT commands to the modem, if there are any such developers or
+maintainers still around.