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author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@ivan.Harhan.ORG> |
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date | Sun, 01 Nov 2015 06:40:12 +0000 |
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1 # TI's TCS211 firmware includes a component called "bootloader" which executes |
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2 # before the main fw and seems to provide a mechanism for interrupting and |
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3 # diverting the regular boot process by sending some magic into one of the |
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4 # UARTs, replicating the equivalent functionality provided by the Calypso boot |
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5 # ROM. However, we never got the source for this part, only a binary object |
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6 # library, so it is not immediately apparent exactly what this bootloader does, |
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7 # what the communication protocol is and so forth - and I (Space Falcon) don't |
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8 # feel like reverse-engineering this piece as the needed functionality is |
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9 # provided much more usefully (unbrickable!) by the boot ROM in the chip. |
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10 # |
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11 # If one does not wish to run code for which we have no source and which we |
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12 # therefore don't really understand, the present patch disables the TCS211 |
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13 # bootloader by smacking a "bx lr" Thumb instruction at the |
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14 # $sta_select_application entry point to the code for which we have no source. |
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