Gilles Espinasse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
the bootblock + main firmware discusion
Well, the change doesn't make it very different from old versions. Users
are just required to find another file, and specify it on the command
line. I know it's already troublesome to obtain the mgmt.o/main
firmware part so having to fetch the boot block will just add more
complexity on users' side.
As for the firmware type detection, i can identify rev4 firmwares
because they use a different base address (0x0010 instead of
0x4000), but the boot block uses the same address (0x00). So it's
hard to tel if a boot block file is for rev 1 2 3 or 4 (though rev 1 2 3
have been constant through the years, always 991 Bytes and same CRC, but
i don't know if the new bootblock will be as constant as the old one)
Of course if we were allowed to distribute these bootblocks, a simple
revision check would allow us to use the right one.
- $(datadir)/speedtouch/boot.v123.bin for rev 1 2 3
- $(datadir)/speedtouch/boot.v4.bin for rev 1 2 3
It would be as simple as simple as before.
Moreover, if thomson decides to use the new firmware file format, the
user will have to deal with only one file, like for old windows drivers
which shipped both boot + main in alcaudsl.sys.
The new format is just a small (header + boot + main). The header tells
the revision (of the firmware or to what modem revision it applies ?)
the offsets to boot and main parts. But as i told, thomson doesn't know
if it will use this format yet.
other little change requests
- make less than 10 firmware loading attempts 5 is it not enough ?
10 is arbitrary iirc, and it's now a long time since we didn't got
reports related to firmware loading. So please speak loud if someone
really needs 10. (i can turn this into a command line option to staisfy
everyone)
- update usage on modem_run (mark -m option deprecated and put -t in
the example)
In the announced patchset, -m was already disabled (left for backward
compatibility, but it does nothing, nor appears in man/help)
So this item is marked DONE.
- update comment on modem_run.c head (do not use anymore libusb, no ?)
DONE too :-) while reverting modem_run dessign to 1.1 design.
I'll have more news this afternoon/evening.
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Edouard Gomez
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