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1 The loadtools subset of FreeCalypso host tools consists of:
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3 fc-loadtool The tool for operating on Calypso GSM devices at a low
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5 its boot process and getting FreeCalypso loadagent
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6 running on the target (out of Calypso internal RAM, aka
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7 IRAM), loadtool presents an interactive command prompt
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8 with commands for peeking and poking registers and most
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9 importantly, reading and writing any part of the
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12 fc-iram & fc-xram These utilities are intended for FreeCalypso developers
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13 only. They load an S-record code image into IRAM or
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14 XRAM, respectively, induce a transfer of control to the
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16 mode for the operator to interact with the thus loaded
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17 target code.
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19 The currently supported target devices are (in the order of decreasing
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20 preference) official Calypso development boards (TI's D-Sample and our own
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21 FCDEV3B), Openmoko GTA01/02 and Huawei GTM900 GSM/GPRS modems, and two "alien"
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22 Calypso phone families: Motorola C1xx and Sony Ericsson J100 by Compal and
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23 Pirelli DP-L10 by Foxconn. Any other "alien" Calypso target that has the boot
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24 ROM enabled (e.g., Mot W220 by Chi-Mei) can also be easily added.
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26 All tools in the FreeCalypso loadtools suite work by feeding pieces of code to
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27 the target device as it boots, preventing the booting of its regular firmware
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28 and diverting control to these externally-loaded code pieces. These pieces of
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29 ARM7 target code need to be installed on the host system running loadtools,
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32 loadagent This is the "agent" code that runs on the target device when
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34 operations by sending commands to loadagent. There is only one
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35 version of loadagent for all currently supported Calypso
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36 targets: loadagent does not access any resources outside of the
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37 Calypso chip itself unless commanded to do so, and loadtool
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38 supports different target devices with different hardware
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39 configurations by sending different commands to loadagent as
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40 appropriate.
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42 compalstage For Compal phones only: a little piece of code that is fed to
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43 the original fw's bootloader via the serial download protocol
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44 provided by the latter; it re-enables the Calypso chip boot ROM
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45 and jumps to it, allowing our loadagent to be loaded in the
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46 same way as on freedom-enabled devices.
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48 If you are working with a development snapshot of the freecalypso-tools source
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49 tree, you will need to compile and install a GNU cross-compiler toolchain
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51 loadagent and compalstage (see ../target-utils) before you can successfully use
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52 loadtools to operate on a target device. End-user oriented releases of
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53 FreeCalypso host tools include prebuilt loadagent and compalstage binaries.
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55 Basic usage
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56 ===========
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58 The steps for bringing up fc-loadtool to operate on a target Calypso device are
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61 1. If you are using a USB serial adapter, or operating on a Pirelli phone that
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63 /dev/ttyUSB* device node appears. If you are working with a target such as
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64 FCDEV3B or D-Sample on which both Calypso UARTs are equally accessible with
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65 equal convenience, you can arbitrarily pick either one for fc-loadtool - it
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68 2. Run fc-loadtool like this:
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70 fc-loadtool $TARGETOPT /dev/ttyXXX
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72 Change /dev/ttyXXX to the actual serial port you are using, and change
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75 Device Needed options
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76 -----------------------------------
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77 FreeCalypso FCDEV3B -h fcfam
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79 Mot C11x/123 -h compal
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80 Mot C139/140 -h compal -c 1004
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81 Mot C155/156 -h c155
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83 Openmoko GTA02 -h gta02
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84 Pirelli DP-L10 -h pirelli
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85 Sony Ericsson J100 -h compal -c 1004
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86 TI D-Sample -h dsample
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88 3. Cause the target device to execute its boot path. TI/Openmoko/FreeCalypso
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91 fc-loadtool will be sending down the serial line. Compal phones have this
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93 flash-resident bootloader that offers a different way of interrupting the
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94 boot path and loading code over the serial line; fc-loadtool will be set up
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96 the table above.
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98 You will see messages showing fc-loadtool's progress with feeding first
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99 compalstage (if needed), then loadagent (always needed) to the target device,
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100 followed by some target-specific initialization done via loadagent commands.
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101 If all of the above succeeds, you will land at a loadtool> prompt. Type
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102 'help', and it will guide you from there. Alternatively, you can familiarize
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104 reading the loadtool.help text file.
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106 fc-loadtool batch mode
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107 ======================
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109 In addition to the interactive mode described above, fc-loadtool can be used in
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110 a scripted or batch mode where it makes contact with the target device as it
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111 boots, interrupts and diverts the boot process to loadagent, executes a given
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112 command script, cleans up the target state as appropriate (usually powers off)
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113 and exits. This mode is used by the FreeCalypso factory for initial flash
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114 programming on the device production line, but it can also be used by end users
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115 to install firmware updates in a more automated manner.
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117 The batch mode is entered when there is a command script given on the
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118 fc-loadtool invokation command line.
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120 Command line options
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121 ====================
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126 fc-iram [options] ttyport iramimage.srec [2ndprog]
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128 fc-loadtool [options] ttyport [batch-script]
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135 This option applies only to fc-loadtool and fc-xram. It specifies the
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141 This option is common for all 3 utilities. It selects the baud rate
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142 to be used when pushing the IRAM image to the Calypso boot ROM. In the
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144 loaded IRAM image is jumped to and fc-iram drops into the serial tty
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149 -B baud (fc-loadtool)
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151 This option is specific to the batch mode of fc-loadtool, and has no
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152 effect when no batch mode command script is specified on the command
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153 line. In the batch mode this option commands a baud rate switch to be
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154 performed before the command script is executed.
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156 -B baud (fc-xram)
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158 This option is specific to fc-xram. It selects the baud rate to be
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159 used when pushing the XRAM image to loadagent. If no -B option is
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160 specified, fc-xram will communicate with loadagent at the same baud
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161 rate that was used to load loadagent itself via the Calypso boot ROM
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162 download protocol, i.e., the rate selected with -b, defaulting to
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163 115200 baud if no -b option was given either. Neither -b nor -B
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166 baud rate independently defaults to 115200 baud and can only be changed
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167 with the -r option.
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169 -c <compalstage flavor>
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171 This option is common for all 3 utilities. It directs the tools to
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172 perform the Compal loading stage before proceeding with the Calypso
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173 boot ROM serial protocol, and selects the "flavor" of compalstage to
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174 use. As you can see in the source, compalstage is built in 3 different
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177 This option overrides the compal-stage setting given in the hardware
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178 parameter file selected with -h or -H; the -c or -C option must be given
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179 after -h or -H in order to take effect. -c none disables the Compal
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180 stage and causes the tools to proceed directly to the Calypso boot ROM
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181 phase, even on targets for which the hardware parameter file specifies
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182 compal-stage.
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183
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184 -C /path/to/compalstage-binary
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186 This option is just like -c, except that the given argument is used
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187 directly as the compalstage binary file pathname (absolute or relative)
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188 without checking or alteration.
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189
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190 -h hwtype
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191
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192 This option is common for all 3 utilities. It selects the specific
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193 target device configuration to be used. More precisely, it constructs
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194 a pathname of the form /opt/freecalypso/loadtools/%s.config, where %s
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195 is the argument given to this option, and uses that file as the hardware
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196 parameter file.
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198 The hardware configurations known to the present release of FreeCalypso
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199 loadtools are listed in the "Basic usage" section above.
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201 -H /path/to/hwparam-file
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203 This option is just like -h, except that the given argument is used
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204 directly as the hardware parameter file pathname (absolute or relative)
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205 without alteration.
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207 -i num
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208
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209 This option is common for all 3 utilities. It specifies the interval
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210 in milliseconds at which the tool will send "please interrupt the boot
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211 process" beacons out the serial port, hoping to catch the Calypso
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212 internal boot ROM. The default is 13 ms.
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214 -n
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216 This option does anything only when loadtools have been compiled to run
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218 loadtools with the -DGTA0x_AP_BUILD option, it has an effect of making
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219 each tool automatically toggle the modem power control upon startup,
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220 removing the need for manual sequencing of the Calypso boot process.
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221 This -n option suppresses that action, making the AP build behave like
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222 the standard build in this regard.
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223
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224 -r baud (fc-loadtool)
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225
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226 This option is specific to fc-loadtool. It causes the tool to skip its
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227 normal steps of feeding loadagent and possibly compalstage to the target
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228 via special serial protocols, and instead assume that the target is
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229 already running loadagent, communicating at the specified baud rate.
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230 In other words, reattach to an already running loadagent. Use this
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231 option if your fc-loadtool session has been terminated ungracefully and
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232 you would like to reattach and resume, rather than forcibly reset the
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233 target by yanking and reinserting the battery and restart from the
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234 beginning.
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236 -r baud (fc-xram)
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238 This option is specific to fc-xram. It selects the serial line baud
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239 rate which should be set just before the loaded XRAM image is jumped
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240 to; the default is 115200 baud.
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241
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242 fc-iram & fc-xram 2nd program invokation
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243 ========================================
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245 Our fc-iram and fc-xram utilities can take two possible actions after they have
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246 loaded the specified S-record image into RAM:
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248 * The default action, in the absence of additional command line arguments, is
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249 to drop into a serial tty pass-thru mode.
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251 * The alternative action is to invoke a 2nd program and pass the serial
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252 communication channel to it. This 2nd program invokation facility is intended
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253 primarily for passing the serial communication channel to rvinterf or rvtdump
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254 from the FreeCalypso host tools suite, not for launching any arbitrary
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255 3rd-party programs from fc-xram or fc-iram.
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257 This feature was originally implemented in fc-xram only, and the intended usage
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258 scenario is that one builds a version of one of our FreeCalypso GSM firmwares
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259 (or some subset thereof, such as an "in vivo" FFS editing agent) in the ramImage
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260 configuration, fc-xram is used to load that ramImage into the target device,
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261 and then the serial communication channel (RVTMUX) is immediately taken over by
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262 rvinterf or rvtdump.
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264 This second program invokation capability was later extended to fc-iram for no
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265 purpose other than to facilitate a boot hack that was only needed on one (1)
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266 defective FCDEV3B board - see the Flash-boot-wa article.