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author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
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1 This source repository is a top-level container for all of the main software
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2 and firmware components developed in the FreeCalypso project.
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3 The subtrees of this source tree are as follows:
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5 compal-flash-boot-for-fc
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6 A patched version of Compal's flash boot code for Mot C11x/12x
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7 and C139/140 families, modified to work with main fw images from
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8 FreeCalypso subprojects. It is compatible with our own gsm-fw
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9 and with tcs211-c139.
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11 ffstools Here you will find tools for "in vitro" examination of FFS
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12 (flash file system) images read out of TI-based GSM devices.
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13 See doc/TIFFS-Overview for more information.
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15 gsm-fw Our Calypso GSM firmware reconstruction and reintegration
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16 attempt lives here; see doc/Firmware_Architecture and
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17 doc/Firmware_Status for more information.
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19 loadtools These tools allow you to load your own code into Calypso GSM
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20 devices. Using these tools, you can load code into target
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21 device IRAM or XRAM and run it there, as well as dump and load
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22 flash. The operation of these tools is based on gaining
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23 control of the target device either through the Calypso on-chip
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24 boot ROM (on freedom-enabled devices), or through the
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25 flash-resident boot code on the crippled Compal phones.
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27 lcdemu fc-lcdemu is built here.
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29 miscutil fc-rgbconv, fc-serterm and imei-luhn are built here.
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31 rvinterf In common with TI's original fw, FreeCalypso GSM fw implements
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32 the so-called RiViera serial MUX, which is a binary packet
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33 protocol for multiplexing many kinds of debug and development
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34 traffic over just one available physical serial port. This
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35 rvinterf directory contains our suite of tools for connecting
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36 to this RV serial interface, supporting both our own gsm-fw as
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37 well as some existing proprietary firmwares to the extent to
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38 which they are compatible.
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40 target-utils This tree contains code that runs on Calypso targets, but is
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41 not regular firmware (gsm-fw) or a part thereof. The two key
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42 components built in this tree are loadagent (needed for all
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43 targets) and compalstage (for Compal phones only), which need
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44 to be installed on the user's host system in order for
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47 toolchain Scripts and patches for building the gcc+binutils toolchain
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48 targeting ARM7, the CPU core of the Calypso GSM/GPRS baseband
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49 processor. You'll need to build and install this toolchain
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50 first before you can build gsm-fw or target-utils.
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52 Website and mailing list
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53 ========================
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55 Please see our website at www.freecalypso.org for information on:
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57 * The overall FreeCalypso libre phone project, beyond this specific sw/fw
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58 subproject;
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60 * Our community mailing list and how you can subscribe to it;
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62 * How you can help the human family behind the project with donations and how
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63 you can accelerate the progress of our project by funding it.