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1 FreeCalypso Selenite is a side branch off the mainline FC Magnetite firmware.
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2 The principal changes from Magnetite are:
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4 * Only modem functionality is supported. FC Magnetite includes TI's C-Sample
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5 and D-Sample demo/prototype UI code and work in progress toward our own
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6 FreeCalypso Libre Dumbphone; this code is not included and this functionality
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7 is explicitly unsupported in Selenite.
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9 * Only the hybrid modem configuration is supported, using the new G23M PS and
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10 ACI code from TCS3.2/LoCosto, not any of the legacy configurations that used
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11 the blob-laden version from TCS211-20070608.
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13 * The old version of Nucleus used in TI's TCS211 program (binary sans source)
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14 is being replaced with FreeNucleus by XVilka. OSL (GPF to Nucleus glue layer)
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15 is the source-reconstructed version.
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17 * The tree layout and the build system are structured in a such way that it
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18 will be possible to build either with TI's original TMS470 compiler or with
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19 gcc.
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21 FC Selenite is currently a work in progress. The configuration in which the
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22 new version of Nucleus is built with the old TMS470 compiler needs to be put
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23 together as a transitional step, and only after that step we'll be in the right
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24 state to begin the work of porting to gcc.