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fc-tmsh: RF table reading code implemented
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1 Building and installing FreeCalypso host tools
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4 Our FreeCalypso host tools are designed to be installed in the /opt/freecalypso
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5 directory hierarchy on your system. The author of this software is very
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6 old-fashioned and refuses to use autotools (sorry, we aren't GNU), hence
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7 various hard-coded paths under /opt/freecalypso are sprinkled in bazillion
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8 places - thus changing this fixed install location is deemed to be impractical.
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10 In order to compile and install our host tools, follow these steps:
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12 1: Run 'make' as a regular user (not root) to compile the software.
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14 2: Decide if you prefer to have the /opt/freecalypso directory and everything
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15 under it to be owned by root or by your non-root uid.
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17 If you prefer /opt/freecalypso to be root-owned:
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19 3A: Run 'make install' as root; the install rule in the
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20 Makefile will do mkdir -p /opt/freecalypso as its first step.
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22 4A: You are done!
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24 If you prefer /opt/freecalypso to be owned by your "regular" non-root uid:
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26 3A: Become root just to create the /opt/freecalypso directory and chown it
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27 to your non-root uid.
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29 4A: Run 'make install' as your regular uid; it should succeed because you
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31 permission in the previous step.
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35 The host tool binaries will be installed in /opt/freecalypso/bin; you can
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36 either add this directory to your PATH or make symlinks from /usr/bin or
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37 /usr/local/bin or wherever.
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39 Dependencies
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40 ============
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42 All FreeCalypso host tools are written in plain C, and with the exception of one
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45 very friendly to those who like bare bones minimalist systems. The only
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46 exception is the fc-lcdemu hack which needs libX11 to compile and an X11 display
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47 to run. It was a developer-only hack-utility to begin with, and the developer
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48 setup of which it was a part never worked in a satisfactory manner, so it has
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49 been retired. If you would like to play with it, you will need to compile it
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50 separately, as it has been excluded from the top Makefile in order to have the
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51 standard build set with no dependencies.
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54 IMEI record on the Pirelli DP-L10 has been eliminated by incorporating our own
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56 operation of retrieving the factory IMEI) into our rvinterf/etmsync source, and
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57 the functions that require access to Pirelli's IMEI have now been integrated
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58 into fc-fsio.
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60 Building and installing the ARM7 toolchain
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63 The current "official" GNU ARM toolchain for FreeCalypso consists of
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64 binutils-2.21.1, gcc-4.5.4 and newlib-2.0.0 with a specific set of patches and
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65 build configuration options. This toolchain is used to compile target-utils in
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66 this package as well as our separately-maintained Citrine firmware. Build it
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69 1. Download these 3 source tarballs for the standard GNU+newlib components:
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71 binutils-2.21.1a.tar.bz2
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72 gcc-core-4.5.4.tar.bz2
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73 newlib-2.0.0.tar.gz
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75 2. Run the build+install.sh script in the toolchain directory. Read the
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76 comments in the script first for the usage instructions.
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78 The toolchain thus built will need to be in your PATH before you can compile
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79 target-utils or Citrine.
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81 Please note: the toolchain that is prescribed for FreeCalypso as above is
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82 *believed* to be equivalent to the one used by OsmocomBB, but there are no
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83 guarantees. Use any other toolchain at your own risk.
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85 Compiling target-utils
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88 Running 'make' in the target-utils tree with the ARM7 toolchain present in your
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90 and loadagent which are needed in order to use FreeCalypso loadtools. Run
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91 'make install' to install these target binaries in /opt/freecalypso/target-bin,
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92 which is where loadtools will look for them.
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94 Run 'make all' in target-utils to build some additional target code pieces that
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95 are needed only for development and only very rarely.