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| author | Michael Spacefalcon <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG> |
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| date | Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:23:07 +0000 |
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| 1 You are looking at the top level of the FreeCalypso host tools package. All | |
| 2 tools in this package have been written to run on a Unix-based or Unix-like | |
| 3 host system, such as a GNU/Linux PC or laptop, with the expectation that the | |
| 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, | |
| 7 while a few perform some ancillary functions. The tools collected in the | |
| 8 present package are as follows: | |
| 9 | |
| 10 ffstools Here you will find tools for "in vitro" examination of FFS | |
| 11 (flash file system) images read out of TI-based GSM devices. | |
| 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 | |
| 15 devices. Using these tools, you can load code into target | |
| 16 device IRAM or XRAM and run it there, as well as dump and load | |
| 17 flash. The operation of these tools is based on gaining | |
| 18 control of the target device either through the Calypso on-chip | |
| 19 boot ROM (on freedom-enabled devices), or through the | |
| 20 flash-resident boot code on the crippled Compal phones. | |
| 21 | |
| 22 miscutil Currently the only utility built under miscutil is imei-luhn, | |
| 23 whose function should be self-explanatory. | |
| 24 | |
| 25 rvinterf In common with TI's original fw, FreeCalypso GSM fw implements | |
| 26 the so-called RiViera serial MUX, which is a binary packet | |
| 27 protocol for multiplexing many kinds of debug and development | |
| 28 traffic over just one available physical serial port. This | |
| 29 rvinterf directory contains our suite of tools for connecting | |
| 30 to this RV serial interface, supporting both our own gsm-fw as | |
| 31 well as some existing proprietary firmwares to the extent to | |
| 32 which they are compatible. | |
| 33 | |
| 34 The tfc139 utility, which logically belongs with loadtools, is | |
| 35 built in the rvinterf subtree because it is based on the | |
| 36 rvinterf framework. |