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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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5 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
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7 Most of these tools interface to and operate on Calypso-based GSM devices,
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8 while a few perform some ancillary functions. Please see
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9 doc/Host-tools-overview for the listing of what tools are available and what
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10 they do. These tools are built in the following source directories:
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12 ffstools This directory subtree contains tools for "in vitro" analysis
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13 of flash file system images read out of Calypso GSM devices,
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14 as well as for analysis of some specific content from these
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15 file systems.
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17 loadtools fc-loadtool, fc-iram, fc-xram and fc-compalram form the part of
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18 FC host tools called loadtools, which used to be its own
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19 package. In common with the rest of FC host tools, loadtools
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20 run on a PC or whatever host system, but they also require two
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21 target-side components called loadagent (for all targets) and
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22 compalstage (for Compal phones only). If you are working with
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23 a packaged release of FC host tools, as opposed to a random
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24 snapshot of the source tree, precompiled binaries for loadagent
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25 and compalstage will be included in the target-bin directory.
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27 fc-buzplay is also built in the loadtools suite because it uses
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28 many of the same components.
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30 miscutil A few miscellaneous utilities are built here.
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32 ringtools Tools for working with ringtone melodies are built here.
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34 rvinterf Everything dealing with the RVTMUX interface to running GSM
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35 firmwares and everything based on the rvinterf framework is
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36 built under rvinterf.
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38 The tfc139 utility, which logically belongs with loadtools, is
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39 built in the rvinterf subtree because it is built from mostly
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40 the same source components as rvtdump and rvinterf.
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42 uptools The User Phone Tools suite is built here - see
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43 doc/User-phone-tools.
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45 The 6 directories listed above plus the two common libraries librftab and
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46 libserial contain all of FC host tools; they are all you need in order to get a
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47 fully working installation of these tools if you are using the provided
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48 precompiled binaries for loadagent and compalstage. However, if you would like
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49 to recompile these components from source, you will need the following
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52 target-utils The source for loadagent and compalstage lives here, along with
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53 a few extra target utilities that are of interest only to
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54 developers.
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56 toolchain Scripts and patches for building the gcc+binutils toolchain
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57 targeting ARM7, the CPU core of the Calypso GSM/GPRS baseband
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58 processor. You'll need to build and install this toolchain
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59 first before you can build target-utils.