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author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:38:15 +0000
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children 6345326e21aa
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22 jumping to the downloaded image. 22 jumping to the downloaded image.
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24 * New version of loadagent has added support for the new binary protocols for 24 * New version of loadagent has added support for the new binary protocols for
25 memory dumps, flash programming and XRAM loading. 25 memory dumps, flash programming and XRAM loading.
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27 * All loadtools programs: the step of feeding the IRAM code image to the 27 * All loadtools programs:
28 Calypso boot ROM has been sped up by about 700 ms by grouping contiguous 28
29 S-record payloads into larger blocks (up to the boot ROM limit of 1014 bytes 29 + The step of feeding the IRAM code image to the Calypso boot ROM has been
30 per block) instead of sending each S-record payload (30 bytes typically) as 30 sped up by about 700 ms by grouping contiguous S-record payloads into larger
31 its own write command. 31 blocks (up to the boot ROM limit of 1014 bytes per block) instead of sending
32 each S-record payload (30 bytes typically) as its own write command.
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34 + New -t option allows the wait for the boot ROM response to be time-limited,
35 needed for automated (unattended) environments with target boot control.
32 36
33 Changes from fc-host-tools-r11 to fc-host-tools-r12: 37 Changes from fc-host-tools-r11 to fc-host-tools-r12:
34 38
35 * To facilitate objective comparison of loadtools performance between what the 39 * To facilitate objective comparison of loadtools performance between what the
36 Mother sees on her Slackware reference system vs. what other users see on 40 Mother sees on her Slackware reference system vs. what other users see on