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README: FC Citrine is retired, supplanted by FC Selenite
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:37:41 +0000
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1 You are looking at the source tree for FreeCalypso Citrine, which is the final
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2 state of our first attempt at gcc-built FreeCalypso modem firmware, the first
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3 attempt that started in late 2013 (then called simply FreeCalypso GSM fw) and
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4 was deemed a dead end in late 2016 (then named FC Citrine).
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6 FC Citrine firmware project is now retired and will not receive any further
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7 development or support; it is now fully supplanted by the newer FreeCalypso
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8 Selenite firmware:
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10 https://bitbucket.org/falconian/fc-selenite
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12 FC Selenite offers the option of compiling either with TI's original TMS470
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13 compiler or with gcc; when built with gcc, FC Selenite does not contain any
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14 blobs and is no less free than FC Citrine. However, the configuration and
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15 build system of FC Selenite has been derived from FC Magnetite, and is very
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16 different from FC Citrine.
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18 FC Citrine does not contain any code for CSD, fax or GPRS support (only voice
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19 and SMS are supported), and it also omits the infrastructure for driving various
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20 Calypso DSP-based audio services, functionality that was considered mandatory
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21 and always included in TI's original TCS211 fw. OTOH, FC Selenite retains the
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22 full architecture and functionality of TCS211, including CSD, fax, GPRS, audio
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23 services and L1 test modes, and CSD and audio functions already work in the
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24 gcc-built version, providing a functionality increase over Citrine. (GPRS is
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25 currently broken in Selenite-gcc as of this writing.)
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27 FC Citrine has been unmaintained since 2016-10; there have been many new
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28 developments since then, including loudspeaker and MCSI digital voice interface
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29 control on our FCDEV3B platform and better support for the legacy Compal and
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30 Pirelli targets (more proper RF operation, battery charging and automatic
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31 power-off on host disconnection); these new developments are available in our
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32 newer Magnetite and Selenite firmwares, but not in Citrine.
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34 There are only a few features in Citrine which have not been replicated in our
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35 Magnetite or Selenite firmwares yet; these features *can* be replicated in FC
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36 Selenite, but there has been insufficient justification so far for expending
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37 the necessary effort:
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39 * FC Citrine supports the Motorola C155/156 target; FC Selenite currently
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40 supports only C11x/12x and C139/140. Mot C155/156 phones are not very common,
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41 much less common than the other two subfamilies, and in any case the proper
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42 way forward is our own FreeCalypso hardware, not hacking Mot C1xx phones of
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43 any variant.
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45 * FC Citrine supports an FFS-in-RAM hack; FC Selenite requires the FFS to be in
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46 flash just like FC Magnetite and all of TI's original firmwares. Citrine's
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47 FFS-in-RAM hack is only useful on the C155/156 target (see the previous point)
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48 and on the Pirelli DP-L10, thus it is ultimately deprecated when we see our
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49 own FreeCalypso hw as the proper way forward.
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51 * FC Citrine supports a special hack for tapping voice TCH (traffic channel)
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52 bits with FR and EFR speech codecs (but very notably not with AMR) - see the
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53 doc/TCH-special-feature write-up. This functionality has been implemented as
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54 a paid-for feature for some folks who were working in some highly unusual
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55 environment, but because the underlying DSP mechanism does not work with AMR,
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56 its usefulness for the general public community is very dubious. In the
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57 Mother's opinion, it does not make sense to port this TCH hack to our newer
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58 Magnetite and Selenite firmwares unless we also implement some way to force
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59 the use of FR or EFR codecs on a per-call basis, or at least per GSM network
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60 connection session, so that our mobile station fw would work in AMR mode
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61 normally, but go into FR-only or FR&EFR-only restricted operation when the
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62 user wishes to play with the TCH rerouting special feature.