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target-utils: added 10 ms delay at the end of abb_power_off()
The deosmification of the ABB access code (replacement of osmo_delay_ms()
bogus delays with correctly-timed ones, which are significantly shorter)
had one annoying side effect: when executing the poweroff command from
any of the programs, one last '=' prompt character was being sent (and
received by the x86 host) as the Calypso board powers off. With delays
being shorter now, the abb_power_off() function was returning and the
standalone program's main loop was printing its prompt before the Iota chip
fully executed the switch-off sequence!
I thought about inserting an endless tight loop at the end of the
abb_power_off() function, but the implemented solution of a 10 ms delay
is a little nicer IMO because if the DEVOFF operation doesn't happen for
some reason in a manual hacking scenario, there won't be an artificial
blocker in the form of a tight loop keeping us from further poking around.
author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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date | Sat, 25 May 2019 20:44:05 +0000 |
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1 FreeCalypso loadtools are currently a part of FC host tools, but they used to |
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2 be a separate package. In those days that separate package of loadtools could |
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3 be built in two ways: |
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5 1) One could compile and install loadtools on a general-purpose host system |
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6 such as a GNU/Linux PC or laptop, and then potentially use them to operate |
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7 on multiple Calypso targets of different kinds. |
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9 2) One could compile loadtools to run on the application processor of a |
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10 smartphone such as Openmoko GTA0x, in which case it makes no sense for that |
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11 special build of loadtools to support any target other than the specific |
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12 modem in that smartphone. |
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14 Loadtools can be built with compalstage support excluded and with |
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15 GTA0x-specific modem power control included instead. This build will still |
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16 include a bunch of functions of no relevance to GTA0x, but oh well.. |
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18 To build loadtools for the GTA0x AP, you'll need to make the following |
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19 modifications to loadtools/Makefile: |
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21 * Change the CC= line to point to the appropriate cross-compiler (which you'll |
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22 need to provide yourself). |
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24 * Change the CFLAGS= line: add the right options to target the ARM920T core in |
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25 the GTA0x AP (e.g., -march=armv4t -mtune=arm920t), and add -DGTA0x_AP_BUILD |
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26 to enable some code that makes sense only when running on the GTA0x AP. |
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28 * Change the PROGS= line to not build fc-compalram or fc-buzplay: the latter |
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29 utilities are not applicable to GTA0x. |
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31 * Change EXTRA_OBJ= from listing compalload.o to listing compaldummy.o and |
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32 gtapower.o instead. |
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34 See loadtools/gta-ap-build.sed for an example. |