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diff doc/Modem-configs @ 312:e60d7a32ae2a
doc/Modem-configs: deblobbing status update
author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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date | Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:07:17 +0000 |
parents | 1811c418461b |
children | e80e43185ca1 |
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--- a/doc/Modem-configs Fri Nov 03 20:45:12 2017 +0000 +++ b/doc/Modem-configs Fri Nov 03 21:07:17 2017 +0000 @@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ of TCS211 from Sotovik. This config can only be built for the fcdev3b and gtamodem targets, not for c139 or pirelli. -l1reconst In this configuration most of L1 (GSM Layer 1) is recompiled - from reconstructed source, although this deblobbing of L1 is - not 100% complete yet: for the GPRS-specific L1 modules the - original binary object blobs are still used. Some housekeeping - pieces are also recompiled from source that had to be - reconstructed. This config can be built for all targets. +l1reconst In this configuration the Layer1 component of the firmware + (which came as a blob in our copy of TCS211) is recompiled from + reconstructed source, and the same is done for the system + initialization code in main.lib. The entire chipsetsw division + of the firmware (now in src/cs) is thus recompiled from source, + either original or reconstructed, and the only components that + are used as blobs are the G23M PS, GPF and Nucleus. This + config can be built for all targets. hybrid This configuration is a TCS2/TCS3 hybrid. Instead of using the TCS211 version of the G23M protocol stack which we got only as @@ -25,10 +27,11 @@ TCS3.2/LoCosto source, backported to work with L1 and the fw foundation layers from TCS211. ACI also had to be replaced with the TCS3 version, and a special hybrid version of the cdginc - headers had to be constructed. L1 is also deblobbed to the - same extent as in l1reconst. Like l1reconst, this config can - be built for all targets, and it is currently the most deblobbed - (closest to full source) Magnetite config. + headers had to be constructed. L1 and the init code are also + deblobbed as in l1reconst. Like l1reconst, this config can be + built for all targets, and it is currently the most deblobbed + (closest to full source) Magnetite config: the only remaining + blobs are GPF and Nucleus. All 3 of the above configurations have CSD, fax and GPRS enabled; this functionality can only be exercised on those hardware targets on which both @@ -40,11 +43,10 @@ UART, then the data functions of the firmware are inaccessible and act as dead weight. -Having deblobbed all of L1 except GPRS-specific modules, we are now in a -position where we can build a hybrid config with GPRS excluded, optionally -including or excluding FAX_AND_DATA, but I (Mychaela) would like to thoroughly -exercise the hybrid config in its current everything-enabled state before making -further changes to it. +Having fully deblobbed all of L1, we are now in a position where we can build a +hybrid config with GPRS and/or FAX_AND_DATA excluded, but I (Mychaela) would +like to thoroughly exercise the hybrid config in its current everything-enabled +state before making further changes to it. The deblobbing of L1 has been done in a very meticulous manner, ensuring that each individual reconstructed C module compiles into a strict functional