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se_k200i: add compiled-in RF parameter table extracts
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sun, 06 Nov 2022 02:35:54 +0000
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1 The present bootloader.lib blob contains not one but two bootloaders inside,
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2 speaking different protocols. There is the original TI GSM bootloader, and
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3 then there is the so-called FLUID bootloader. The original TI GSM bootloader
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4 initializes both UARTs at what was intended to be 115200 baud, but will actually
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5 result in 230400 baud on 26 MHz hardware, as there is no VCLKOUT_DIV2 or
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6 VTCXO_DIV2 setting done anywhere. Then it provides a certain time window
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7 during which it listens on both UARTs for a bootloader command packet, and if
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8 it gets a COM_GET_MONITOR_ID command, it will respond to it and stop the normal
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9 flash boot process. It will then listen for further command packets without a
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10 timeout. It appears that this bootloader was originally designed with commands
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11 that write directly to flash, but the present version no longer has any of those
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12 commands, and instead it has commands to load a code image into RAM and to jump
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13 to it.
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15 The so-called FLUID bootloader is a separate beast with its own self-contained
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16 code and its own serial protocol. There is one special command packet that can
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17 be sent to the first bootloader that will cause it to call fluid_bootloader(),
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18 and the latter function never returns. The FLUID bootloader reinitializes both
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19 UARTs again (same baud rate, and same bogosity on 26 MHz platforms), and then
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20 it sends out a continuous stream of 'H' (hello) characters on both UARTs until
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21 it hears a response, telling it which UART it should use for further
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22 communication.
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24 Commands for the original (pre-FLUID) bootloader are binary strings or packets
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25 of the following format:
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27 * begin with 0xAA byte
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28 * the byte after the initial 0xAA is the number of bytes to follow,
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29 including stuffing bytes
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30 * the payload bytes follow, if there is 0xAA in the payload, it is duplicated
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32 The command to enter the FLUID bootloader is just 0xDD (one byte) before
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33 string encoding, or 0xAA 0x01 0xDD in the full packet form which the host
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34 needs to send. The native commands for the first bootloader are:
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36 0x00 = COM_GET_MONITOR_ID
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37 0x09 = COM_LOAD_APPLICATION
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38 0x0A = COM_SEND_RUN_ADDRESS
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40 COM_GET_MONITOR_ID and COM_LOAD_APPLICATION take no arguments, i.e., just
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41 0xAA 0x01 and the opcode. After receiving COM_LOAD_APPLICATION, the bootloader
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42 will switch to expecting S-records: you need to send it a complete S-record
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43 image consisting of an S0 header record, one or more S3 payload records and a
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44 terminating S7 record. Each S-record is sent as follows: the 'S' character and
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45 the record type digit are sent literally in ASCII, then the rest of the record
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46 (starting with the length byte and ending with the checksum) is sent as binary
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47 bytes. No CR or LF characters are sent over the wire. The code is designed to
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48 take *.m0 S-record images produced by TI's hex470: the S0 and S7 records must
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49 be exactly as produced by that tool, no variations allowed, and the data format
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50 is 16-bit word-oriented with the upper byte first, i.e., byte-reversed relative
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51 to the natural ARM little-endian byte order.
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53 COM_SEND_RUN_ADDRESS opcode is followed by 4 bytes of address in MSB-first byte
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54 order, for a total pre-stuffing command packet length of 5 bytes. This command
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55 packet is the only one in the present version for which 0xAA escaping may be
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56 needed. The transfer of control is done with BX.
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58 cmdboot.obj:
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60 cmd_check_application_in_flash(): checks the 32-bit word in flash where the
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61 IRQ vector branch points, returns 1 if the word is not all-1s (good image)
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62 or 0 otherwise (bad image).
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64 convert.obj:
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66 This module has 0x10 bytes of purely local (static) bss.
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68 con_initialize_conversion(): sets 32-bit words at .bss+4 and .bss+0xC to 0.
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70 serial.obj:
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72 .bss+4: byte var initialized to 0 in ser_initialize_flash_data_detection()
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73 appears to be a boolean flag indicating if the S0 header record
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74 has already been received or not
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76 .bss+5: S-record checksum accumulator
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78 .bss+7: byte var initialized to 0 in ser_initialize_flash_data_detection()
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79 used to decide if we are looking for the 'S' character or for the digit
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80 immediately after the 'S'
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82 .bss+0xC: 32-bit var initialized to 1 in ser_initialize_flash_data_detection()
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83 0 = receiving payload data bytes
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84 1 = expect beginning of S-record
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85 2 = expect the bytes after S0
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86 3 = expect the bytes after S7
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87 4 = expect the bytes after S3
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88 5 = state after the S3 record length byte (receiving address bytes)
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89 6 = expect S3 record checksum byte
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91 ser_initialize_serial_link(): both UARTs are initialized sensibly, the baud
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92 rate divisor is set to 7.
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94 start.obj:
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96 static function at 0x0: an init function called immediately at the beginning
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97 by sta_select_application(). This function disables all interrupts, stops the
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98 watchdog timer, and puts the DPLL into bypass mode with the external clock
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99 pass-thru, removing the division by 2 set by the bogus code in bootloader.s.
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100
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101 sta_select_application():
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102 calls the static function at 0x0
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103 calls ser_initialize_serial_link()
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104 calls con_initialize_conversion()
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105 calls cmd_check_application_in_flash()