# HG changeset patch # User Mychaela Falconia # Date 1529563194 0 # Node ID c9a65db8be4a4a3cd7a27b5e0ef72210a2853704 # Parent a1946652f71cf8ee03de3c7c1ce8eb854b8ce3f0 doc/Freerunner-Howto: update for the current situation diff -r a1946652f71c -r c9a65db8be4a doc/Freerunner-Howto --- a/doc/Freerunner-Howto Wed Jun 20 08:18:48 2018 +0000 +++ b/doc/Freerunner-Howto Thu Jun 21 06:39:54 2018 +0000 @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ The latest official firmware for Openmoko Neo1973 and Neo FreeRunner Calypso -modems is moko13 as of this writing; moko13 is FreeCalypso Magnetite built for -the gtamodem target in the l1reconst configuration. There have not been any -changes in FC Magnetite since the moko13 release that affect the l1reconst -config on the gtamodem target in any noticeable way, hence there is no need for -a new release currently. +modems is moko13 as of this writing; moko13 is FreeCalypso Magnetite Hg +changeset 286:840113655bbf built for the gtamodem target in the l1reconst +configuration. There have been many changes in FC Magnetite since then, but +few of them affect the l1reconst config on the gtamodem target in any +noticeable way. The few noticeable post-moko13 changes which we do have in our +current l1reconst code are not deemed important enough to justify making +another formal release for a no-longer-made hardware platform that no longer +has any real user community either. However, we also have the new TCS2/TCS3 hybrid config in which the old version of the G23M protocol stack from Openmoko (binary libs only, no source) has been replaced with a newer version from TI's TCS3/LoCosto program, and this new -version is full source. This hybrid firmware has not yet reached mokoN release -status because some obscure features of the old ACI have not yet been -reimplemented in the new one, but in every other way this hybrid fw is ready to -be tested and exercised in real usage. +version is full source. This hybrid firmware has now reached the state where +it is ready to be exercised by adventurous beta users in real-life usage. The new hybrid fw for the gtamodem target can be built as follows: @@ -25,4 +26,7 @@ If you are brave enough to do the above, please let us know how this new modem firmware fares when driven by QtMoko or SHR on the AP - it would definitely be -an adventure! +an adventure! We would be most interested in working with developers or +maintainers of specific AP software components that are directly responsible +for talking AT commands to the modem, if there are any such developers or +maintainers still around.