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1 You are looking at the top level of the FreeCalypso host tools package. All
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2 tools in this package have been written to run on a Unix-based or Unix-like
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3 host system, such as a GNU/Linux PC or laptop, with the expectation that the
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4 user will compile them from the source using her regular system C compiler.
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6 Most of these tools interface to and operate on Calypso-based GSM devices,
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7 while a few perform some ancillary functions. The tools collected in the
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8 present package are as follows:
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10 ffstools Here you will find tools for "in vitro" examination of FFS
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11 (flash file system) images read out of TI-based GSM devices.
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12 See doc/TIFFS-Overview for more information.
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14 loadtools These tools allow you to load your own code into Calypso GSM
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15 devices. Using these tools, you can load code into target
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16 device IRAM or XRAM and run it there, as well as dump and load
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17 flash. The operation of these tools is based on gaining
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18 control of the target device either through the Calypso on-chip
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19 boot ROM (on freedom-enabled devices), or through the
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20 flash-resident boot code on the crippled Compal phones.
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22 miscutil Two miscellaneous utilities are currently built here:
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23 fc-serterm, which is a simple binary-safe serial terminal for
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25 imei-luhn, whose function should be self-explanatory.
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27 rvinterf In common with TI's original fw, FreeCalypso GSM fw implements
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28 the so-called RiViera serial MUX, which is a binary packet
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29 protocol for multiplexing many kinds of debug and development
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30 traffic over just one available physical serial port. This
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31 rvinterf directory contains our suite of tools for connecting
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32 to this RV serial interface, supporting both our own gsm-fw as
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33 well as some existing proprietary firmwares to the extent to
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34 which they are compatible.
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36 The tfc139 utility, which logically belongs with loadtools, is
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37 built in the rvinterf subtree because it is based on the
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38 rvinterf framework.