changeset 238:828a6898241e

doc/Modem-configs: L1 deblobbing status update
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:00:10 +0000
parents 92ea7d84e38c
children e0b9c21d7908
files doc/Modem-configs
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/Modem-configs	Mon Mar 20 01:53:29 2017 +0000
+++ b/doc/Modem-configs	Mon Mar 20 04:00:10 2017 +0000
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 
 l1reconst	In this configuration most of L1 (GSM Layer 1) is recompiled
 		from reconstructed source, although this deblobbing of L1 is
-		not 100% complete yet: for some pieces of L1 the original binary
-		object blobs are still used.  Some housekeeping pieces are also
-		recompiled from source that had to be reconstructed.  This
-		config can be built for all targets.
+		not 100% complete yet: for the GPRS-specific L1 modules the
+		original binary object blobs are still used.  Some housekeeping
+		pieces are also recompiled from source that had to be
+		reconstructed.  This config can be built for all targets.
 
 hybrid		This configuration is a TCS2/TCS3 hybrid.  Instead of using the
 		TCS211 version of the G23M protocol stack which we got only as
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@
 All 3 of the above configurations have CSD, fax and GPRS enabled, i.e., include
 functionality that will only become exercisable when we build our FCDEV3B and
 is dead weight until then, while we limp along with the currently available
-hardware.  We will need to deblob more of L1 (the l1audio and l1tm modules for
-which we currently still use the original object blobs) before we can try
-building a functionally reduced configuration that would be more appropriate
-for the feeble hardware targets.
+hardware.  Having deblobbed all of L1 except GPRS-specific modules, we are now
+in a position where we can build a hybrid config with GPRS excluded, optionally
+including or excluding FAX_AND_DATA, but I (Mychaela) would like to thoroughly
+exercise the hybrid config in its current everything-enabled state before making
+further changes to it.
 
 The deblobbing of L1 has been done in a very meticulous manner, ensuring that
 each individual reconstructed C module compiles into a strict functional