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README: document SE K2x0 addition
author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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date | Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:44:43 +0000 |
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--- a/README Wed Dec 20 01:59:09 2023 +0700 +++ b/README Thu Dec 21 21:44:43 2023 +0000 @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ brought it to with ffsagent and fc-fsio, which is the whole point of the exercise. -Supported targets -================= +Supported targets (original intent) +=================================== The present FFS editor is intended to run only on those Calypso targets which run one of our full FreeCalypso GSM firmwares of the Magnetite/Selenite family. @@ -86,6 +86,34 @@ * compal and pirelli versions correspond to FreeCalypso aftermarket FFS configs on those targets, *NOT* Compal's or Pirelli's original FFS! +Supported targets (more recent additions) +========================================= + +The discovery of Sony Ericsson K200/220 phones in late 2022 has created a novel, +not previously envisioned use case for the present FFS editor. As of this +writing (2023 Winter Solstice), there are no active plans to run FreeCalypso +firmware on these SE K2x0 phones - hence by the principles of the previous +section, this target would not qualify to be supported by the present tool. +However, the FFS used by original/official fw on these phones is a variant of +TIFFS, and there are some corner use cases where it may be desirable to make +some surgical modifications to their FFS outside of the constraints imposed by +the official fw. This type of use case is an area where the present FFS editor +is the best tool for the job, hence we decided to expand our scope a little +(beyond the original intent) and support a configuration where our ffs-editor +tool operates on an FFS instance that is not owned by FC. + +The SE K2x0 version of our FFS editor (ffsagent-se_k2x0.srec) operates on the +original-manuf-defined FFS location on this SE K2x0 hardware target. If anyone +ever decides to port full FC firmware (beyond the present ffs-editor tool) to +this se_k2x0 target, the Mother's recommendation would be to reuse the same FFS +location. Unlike the situation on Pirelli DP-L10, the flash structure on SE +K2x0 (the layout of which flash area is used for what in the original/official +design) does not leave an obvious unused place where an aftermarket FFS can be +placed (not conflicting with any aspect of the official fw, FFS or otherwise), +and the different hw design (computer connection does not apply charger-plug +condition to Iota VRPC) eliminates the very peculiar set of issues we have to +deal with on the Pirelli target that led to our design decisions there. + compal-new vs. compal-old configs =================================