Hello FC community, I have just put out a new release of FreeCalypso host tools:
ftp://ftp.freecalypso.org/pub/GSM/FreeCalypso/fc-host-tools-r6.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.freecalypso.org/pub/GSM/FreeCalypso/fc-host-tools-r6-ap.tar.bz2 The regular fc-host-tools-r6.tar.bz2 package is for installing FC host tools on general-purpose computers (PCs and laptops) and for operating on all of the supported target devices (our own FCDEV3B, Openmoko GTA0x, Mot C1xx and Pirelli DP-L10) via appropriate serial or USB cables, whereas the fc-host-tools-r6-ap.tar.bz2 version is for running on the application processor of a GTA02. For FreeRunner (GTA02) users who don't like using the "service shop" method of updating the modem fw and manipulating its FFS (the method based around NOR U-Boot, a USB-to-headset-jack cable and an external PC or laptop) and instead prefer the internal-to-the-phone method popularized by our community contributor David, the new fc-host-tools-r6-ap release is intended to replace the really ancient loadtools-r2 and ffs-edit-kit-r1 tools which are currently used in David's howtos. The problem with the ancient loadtools-r2 version is that it lacks two new features of relevance to the GTA02 application: * New with fc-host-tools-r3: the flash programming command flash program-bin automatically performs a CRC-32 verification after programming, thus ensuring that the image has been flashed correctly. * New with fc-host-tools-r6: there is a new batch operation mode in fc-loadtool that executes a supplied command script and exits without manual interaction. The problem with the ancient ffs-edit-kit-r1 is that it contains a very early version of our rvinterf tools, and the latter have evolved quite a bit since then. Back in the days of ffs-edit-kit-r1 the set-imeisv, set-pcm-string and set-rfcap commands were in fc-tmsh, and that original version of set-rfcap was not practically usable. In our current FC host tools these commands have moved from fc-tmsh to fc-fsio (which did not exist back in the days of ffs-edit-kit-r1), and the set-rfcap command works in a different way that is actually usable. Therefore, I would like to migrate the internal-to-the-phone GTA02 modem tinkerers from these ancient loadtools-r2 and ffs-edit-kit-r1 tools to the new fc-host-tools-r6-ap, which supercedes both of those. To David: do you think you could produce a QtMoko deb package of the new fc-host-tools-r6-ap that could be used in the place of your earlier ones for loadtools-r2 and ffs-edit-kit-r1? When it comes to updating the howto pages, I propose the following sequence: 1. David produces a QtMoko deb package of fc-host-tools-r6-ap, but no updates to howto pages yet. 2. I advance moko13 from -beta1 to production state, and the notes included in the official moko13 release tarball will include installation instructions for both ways: the service shop method that uses an external host and a cable, but absolutely no software on the AP of the GTA02 except NOR U-Boot, and the QtMoko internal method using the new deb package of fc-host-tools-r6-ap from the previous step. I will have David review these notes for correctness before I put out the immutable official release tarball with these notes in it. 3. After moko13-official is out, David can update his howto pages to call for its installation instead of leo2moko-r1/moko12. To David: is my proposal acceptable? Hasta la Victoria, Siempre, Mychaela aka The Mother _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@freecalypso.org https://www.freecalypso.org/mailman/listinfo/community
