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author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sat, 14 Mar 2020 08:33:22 +0000
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1 Even though it cannot be a replacement for fc-loadtool in most use cases, FLUID
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2 is very aggressively optimized for speed in ways that would be hard to match in
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3 our fc-loadtool architecture. Therefore, on those targets which are supported
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4 by both FLUID and fc-loadtool, flash programming with FLUID is faster. Here
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5 are the performance numbers, flashing an Openmoko GTA02 modem with firmware
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6 version moko-new-fw-20190128, going through the external headset jack,
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7 UberWaves CP2102 Professional cable:
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9 fluid-mnf at 115200 baud: 2m28s
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10 fc-loadtool at 115200 baud: 4m02s
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11 fluid-mnf at 812500 baud: 0m40s
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12 fc-loadtool at 812500 baud: 1m12s
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14 With both tools the m0 version of the firmware image (fwimage.m0) was being
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15 flashed; in the case of fc-loadtool the new flash e-program-m0 command was used.
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16 The version of fc-loadtool used for this test is the one that is about to be
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17 released with fc-host-tools-r13; previous versions would be even slower. In
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18 the case of fluid-mnf the -C option was used to disable delta downloads, making
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19 the test operation independent of previous flash state.