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simtool/chvext.c: missing #include <stdlib.h>
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:25:12 +0000
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1 fc-simtool can operate on SIM cards that sit inside a Calypso phone or FC
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2 development board, as opposed to the more classic case of operating on a SIM
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3 inserted into a dedicated card reading/programming station. However, this
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4 special Calypso mode of operation works in an unusual way: instead of invoking
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5 fc-simtool (or fc-uicc-tool) directly, you have to run a front end program
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6 called fc-simint. fc-simint loads and runs simagent on the Calypso device the
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7 same way how fc-loadtool loads and runs loadagent, then it passes the open file
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8 descriptor to fc-simtool via the special internal-use-only -C option.
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10 fc-simint and its simagent back end reside in the FreeCalypso host tools
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11 package, not in FC SIM tools. As of this writing, a packaged release of FC
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12 host tools with fc-simint and simagent.srec included has not been produced yet.
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13 A new fc-host-tools-r15 release is planned for the near future; if you need to
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14 use the new feature right now and can't wait for the upcoming release, you will
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15 need to get the current code from the Hg repository:
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17 https://www.freecalypso.org/hg/freecalypso-tools/
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19 Please beware that if you are not able to wait for the upcoming release, you
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20 will have to install the special ARM7 gcc toolchain and compile simagent
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21 (Calypso target code piece) from source.