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4 chips found in some modem modules; historical flash chip Am29DL640G is also
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5 supported as it is identical to S29PL064J for our purposes.
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7 * loadtools config: the repertoire of -h targets has been significantly cleaned
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8 up and generalized, moving away from special cases and toward more generic
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9 configurations. Please refer to the new doc/Loadtool-targets article for the
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14 most GTM900 variants have 4 MiB flash chips, some have been found to contain
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15 S71PL064J (8 MiB) flash instead.
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17 * The old -h gta02 target for fc-loadtool and friends is deprecated and will be
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18 removed in the next release; please use the new -h fic target configuration
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22 special configuration for running on the application processor of OM GTA02
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23 has been removed. It has been replaced with a generalized mechanism for
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24 target boot control - see the new doc/Target-boot-control article.
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26 * A pair of little ad hoc programs has been been added to the FC host tools
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27 suite for the purpose of dumping the Calypso chip's internal DSP mask ROM -
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28 see doc/DSP-ROM-dump.
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31 needed when converting modems from alien manufacturers to FreeCalypso fw:
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33 + rm deletes an elementary object (file, empty directory or symlink); rm -f
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34 does the same but the case where the object to be deleted does not exist is
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35 treated as not-an-error.
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38 a given directory (equivalent of UNIX rm -r); -f option is also available
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39 like with plain rm.
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42 and their content), but keeps the remaining empty directory.
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46 * Bugfix: the ability to override CFLAGS= from the top level (see INSTALL)
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47 has been fixed and now actually works as intended.
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50 from binary files and convert them into our FreeCalypso ASCII format.
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52 * The way in which fc-loadtool handles different flash configurations has been
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60 Motorola W220 (-h w220).
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63 loadagent target program used by loadtools) now programs the VRPCAUX register
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65 change fixes the erratic behaviour that was occurring on TI/FC development
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66 boards (D-Sample and FCDEV3B) when fc-loadtool (or fc-iram with some
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67 specialized target-utils program) was entered via the RESET button rather
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88 examination of a Sony Ericsson J100 phone: no code changes were needed to
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89 support flash manipulation and RF calibration data extraction on this model,
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106 fc-shell for the same functionality.
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108 * New developer utility fc-rftab2c can convert per-band RF parameter tables
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109 into C code snippets for inclusion into FreeCalypso firmware sources.
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115 hardware troubleshooting - see doc/SIM-hardware-debugging.
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117 * The tiny (120 bytes) flash-boot-wa.srec code piece which has been removed in
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118 fc-host-tools-r9 has been reinstated; it is not currently needed for anything
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122 details.
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139 tool.
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142 accumulated serial Rx bytes or outright garbage to newly started serial I/O
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143 programs:
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145 + fcup-atinterf back-end program for fcup-* does a sleep of 20 ms followed by
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146 tcflush(target_fd, TCIFLUSH) on startup to flush any previously accumulated
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147 serial Rx buffer garbage that would otherwise cause breakage. The two
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149 reduced from 50 to 30 ms each, thus the total length of initial delays has
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152 + In the rvinterf suite (see doc/Rvinterf-tools) a similar startup delay has
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154 operation being commanded with rvinterf also being launched from the client
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155 program with -p; see the "Startup synchronization hack" section in the new
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156 Rvinterf-tools document.
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158 * fcup-smdump now restores the character set selection (AT+CSCS) setting on the
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159 target to the default "IRA" (ASCII) upon successful completion, after
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160 initially setting it to "HEX" for the operation; the intent of this change is
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161 to avoid leaving a strange state for anyone using the AT command interface
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162 manually after fcup-smdump.
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164 * fcup-smsend bugfix: the corner case of omitting the destination address
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165 argument with -W now works as documented.
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167 * fcup-settime: minor code rearrangement should slightly reduce the unavoidable
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168 delay between the time retrieval on the host and that time being set on the
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169 target.
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171 * A hack that was added in fc-host-tools-r5 solely to support one (1) defective
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172 FCDEV3B board with a particular flash boot defect has been removed.
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174 * A number of documentation updates have been made: Deep-sleep-support and
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175 Rvinterf-tools articles are new, RVTMUX and TIFFS-Overview write-ups got
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176 long-overdue major updates, plus a number of minor updates as usual.
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178 * For those who build the rarely needed ARM7 gcc toolchain from source, an old
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179 bug in the toolchain/build+install.sh script which was masked on the Mother's
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180 Slackware system for some reason has been fixed.
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182 Changes from fc-host-tools-r7 to fc-host-tools-r8:
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184 * fc-loadtool can now correctly program the flash on TI's D-Sample board
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185 after implementing the needed quirk for the Intel 28F640W30B flash chip.
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187 * target-utils (loadagent and friends) serial output code changed to wait for
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188 the Tx FIFO not full condition instead of FIFO empty; this change makes these
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189 target utilities actually utilize the Tx FIFO feature of Calypso UARTs.
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191 * New c1xx-calextr utility can extract the factory RF calibration values for
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192 Mot C1xx phones from a dump of their flash; see doc/Compal-calibration.
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194 * Support for RF tables in FreeCalypso ASCII format (see doc/RF_tables) is
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195 more complete: there is an ASCII format for the full 512 byte Tx ramps table,
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196 any ASCII RF table can be converted to native binary with fc-cal2bin, most
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197 ASCII RF tables can be uploaded directly into FFS with fc-fsio's new
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198 upload-rf-table command.
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200 * fc-cal2text change: Tx ramps tables are now emitted in the new ASCII format
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201 with one file for the whole table, not split into 16 single ramp template
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202 files any more.
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206 + new write-battery-table and write-charging-config commands for uploading
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207 FreeCalypso-invented battery discharge threshold tables and charging config
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208 files into the FFS of our FC devices with built-in compilation to binary;
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210 + added upload-rf-table command for uploading ASCII RF tables directly into
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211 FFS with built-in compilation to binary;
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213 + pirelli-magnetite-init command now copies the previously missed
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214 /gsm/rf/afcdac record.
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216 * fc-tmsh can now upload audio FIR coefficient sets from FIR coefficient table
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217 files with the new auw-fir command.
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219 * The audio mode configurations that have been added in fc-host-tools-r7 have
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220 been moved to a separate fc-audio-config repository and are no longer a part
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221 of the core FC host tools package.
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223 * The UI development aid utility fc-lcdemu which has been excluded from the
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224 default build set since fc-host-tools-r5 has been moved to a separate
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225 freecalypso-ui-dev repository and is no longer a part of the core FC host
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226 tools package.
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228 * rvinterf -X mechanism which pipes LCD output to fc-lcdemu now always inverts
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229 the RGB565 values as needed, and the -v option has been removed; see usage
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230 documentation in the freecalypso-ui-dev repository.
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232 * fc-shell: added key command for sending sp MMI CONFIG KEY_SEQUENCE=<string>
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233 with a lot less typing, and keydown and keyup commands that do the same for
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234 KEY_PRESS and KEY_RELEASE "config" sysprim commands.
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236 * There is a new suite of tools for talking to the AT command interface
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237 provided by FreeCalypso phones and modems, primarily for sending and
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238 retrieving SMS - see doc/User-phone-tools for more info.
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245 libserial, and the new libserial uses Linux-specific direct ioctl calls
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246 instead of generic termios. The effect is that you can now use the GSM-
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251 * Added new utilities tiaud-compile and tiaud-mkvol for generating *.cfg and
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252 *.vol binary files for the audio mode switching facility of TI's RiViera
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253 Audio Service, to be uploaded under /aud into FreeCalypso GSM devices.
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255 * A set of audio mode tables is built and installed in
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256 /opt/freecalypso/aud-fcdev3b for uploading into /aud on FCDEV3B boards.
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258 Changes from fc-host-tools-r5 to fc-host-tools-r6:
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260 * loadtools and rvinterf now set TIOCEXCL on the tty to prevent the common
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261 error scenario of multiple processes trying to read from the same serial
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262 port.
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264 * fc-loadtool: added a batch operation mode whereby the tool executes a given
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265 command script, cleans up (usually powers off) the target and exits.
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267 * fc-loadtool exec command: scripts without slashes in the given name are now
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268 sought in the current directory.
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270 * fc-fsio format command: if the FFS is already formatted, the tool now prints
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271 the error returned by the FFS code in the target fw, but does not stop the
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272 execution of scripts; this change makes production scripts rerun-able.
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274 * exitcodes.h file installed in /opt/freecalypso/include/rvinterf: added
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275 ERROR_RFFAIL definition for use by fc-rfcal-tools.
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277 Changes from fc-host-tools-r4 to fc-host-tools-r5:
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279 * New install location: everything is now under /opt/freecalypso instead of
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280 /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/share/freecalypso.
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282 * loadtools: added support for dsample (TI D-Sample) and fcfam (FreeCalypso
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283 hardware family starting with FCDEV3B) targets.
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285 * loadagent: UART autodetection now works not only with Calypso boot ROM
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286 version 0300 found in the common Calypso devices, but also with the older
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287 version 0200 found in the older Calypso silicon on early D-Sample boards.
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289 * loadtools support for C139/140 target: use -h compal -c 1004 command line
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290 options instead of the previous -h compal -c 1003 to support the newer
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291 versions of C139/140 boot code which expect "1004" instead of the more
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292 familiar "1003" in the serially downloaded code image. The new -c 1004
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293 option ("1004" signature bytes) should work with all currently known
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294 Mot/Compal boot code versions, thus -c 1003 is retained only for backward
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295 compatibility with existing usage.
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296
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297 * fc-fsio: one can now type ls -l and not just the ll shorthand,
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298 pirelli-get-imei and pirelli-magnetite-init commands added (former
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299 fc-getpirimei and fc-pirhackinit separate utilities absorbed into fc-fsio),
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300 help facility added.
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302 * fc-tmsh changes:
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304 + fc-tmsh now takes the -p option and supports one-shot command invokation
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305 like fc-fsio and fc-shell;
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307 + added support for L1/RF test mode commands and other TM3 protocol commands
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308 (omr, omw, oabbr, oabbw, tm3ver);
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310 + added ETM_AUDIO commands aul, aus, aur and auw.
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312 * fc-olddump renamed to fc-memdump, can now use either TM3 or ETM memory read
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313 commands.
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315 * tiffs: added -O option to parse FFS images from the ancient 20020917 firmware
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316 on the D-Sample.
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318 * New in vitro analysis utilities: fc-cal2text and tiaud-decomp.
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320 * Added tools for working with ringtone melodies: fc-e1decode and fc-e1gen for
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321 loudspeaker melodies (see doc/Melody_E1) and fc-buzplay (plus target-side
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322 buzplayer.srec) for devices that use a piezoelectric buzzer.
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324 * rvinterf: added support for the keepalive mechanism, see the description in
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325 doc/RVTMUX.
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327 * rvinterf & fc-shell: added support for the experimental TCH rerouting feature
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328 of FreeCalypso Citrine firmware.
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330 * fc-fr2tch, fc-gsm2vm, fc-tch2fr, fc-vm2hex: new utilities for converting
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331 GSM 06.10 FR codec bits between different formats.
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333 * c139explore & pirexplore: added host shell script wrappers invoking
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334 fc-compalram and fc-iram with the respective target binaries.
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336 * Internal cleanup and refactoring in various places.
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338 Changes from fc-host-tools-r3 to fc-host-tools-r4:
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340 * Shellcode-based Compal phone break-in utility tfc139 reworked in a new way
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341 that should work with all Mot C1xx firmwares beyond the original TFC139
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342 target: see doc/Compal-unlock and doc/TFC139-breakin for the details.
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344 * Documentation and cosmetic code changes to reflect the new understanding of
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345 TI's TM (Test Mode) predating ETM (Enhanced Test Mode): see doc/RVTMUX for
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346 a detailed explanation.
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348 * Added support for the old non-enhanced Test Mode memory read command in the
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349 form of fc-tmsh omr command, fc-fsio omemdump command and fc-olddump utility.
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351 * rvtdump and rvinterf recognize the old all-ASCII GPF trace format emitted by
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352 the D-Sample firmware from 20020917 and print these traces as ASCII instead
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353 of hex.
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355 * fc-dspapidump fixed to be independent of host byte order.