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CHANGES: updates for fc-loadtool and setserial mystery
author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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date | Sat, 29 Feb 2020 21:34:03 +0000 |
parents | d04502de49ed |
children | 82e9f2bd8f6e |
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--- a/CHANGES Sat Feb 29 21:22:27 2020 +0000 +++ b/CHANGES Sat Feb 29 21:34:03 2020 +0000 @@ -10,9 +10,23 @@ presents the performance numbers which you SHOULD be getting if your host system works as well as the Mother's Slackware reference. -* fc-loadtool: added support for Spansion S29/S71PL032J and S29/S71PL064J flash - chips found in some modem modules; historical flash chip Am29DL640G is also - supported as it is identical to S29PL064J for our purposes. +* The mystery of poor fc-loadtool and fc-xram performance on newer Linux host + systems with FTDI adapters has been solved and documented in the same + doc/Loadtools-performance article. + +* fc-loadtool changes: + + + Added support for Spansion S29/S71PL032J and S29/S71PL064J flash chips: + these flash chips are found in some historical modem modules and may also + be used in future mass-produced FreeCalypso modem products. Historical + flash chip Am29DL640G is also supported as it is identical to S29PL064J for + our purposes. + + + The implementation of flash program-m0 and program-srec commands (needed + for flashing classic TI fw images with large gaps between discontiguous + program regions) has been revamped, making these commands work as well as + our generally preferred flash program-bin command: same performance, same + progress indication, same CRC-32 verification at the end. * loadtools config: the repertoire of -h targets has been significantly cleaned up and generalized, moving away from special cases and toward more generic