# HG changeset patch # User Mychaela Falconia # Date 1580599143 0 # Node ID fb3deb215cb01695789d9d2fed7221c029c7a96a # Parent dddcd55883fe5ff2d62a5324a471af70360cb8c2 CHANGES: new loadtools -h targets paradigm diff -r dddcd55883fe -r fb3deb215cb0 CHANGES --- a/CHANGES Sat Feb 01 22:24:55 2020 +0000 +++ b/CHANGES Sat Feb 01 23:19:03 2020 +0000 @@ -4,21 +4,19 @@ chips found in some modem modules; historical flash chip Am29DL640G is also supported as it is identical to S29PL064J for our purposes. -* loadtools config: new -h gen8 target configuration is appropriate for many - "generic" or "vanilla" Calypso devices with up to 8 MiB of flash; this target - selection is appropriate for GTM900 and Tango modems. +* loadtools config: the repertoire of -h targets has been significantly cleaned + up and generalized, moving away from special cases and toward more generic + configurations. Please refer to the new doc/Loadtool-targets article for the + details. * For operating on GTM900 modem modules, the new -h gen8 loadtools target needs to be used instead of the old -h gtm900 config which has been removed; while most GTM900 variants have 4 MiB flash chips, some have been found to contain S71PL064J (8 MiB) flash instead. -* For the sake of completeness, added new -h leonardo target to loadtools - config. Flash support limitation: out of the many different flash chip types - that have been used on different Leonardo board variants, the only two we - currently support are Am29DL640G (8 MiB) and whatever was the AMD predecessor - of Spansion PL129J (16 MiB). Fujitsu flash chips (or perhaps Spansion chips - with Fujitsu ID codes) are not currently supported. +* The old -h gta02 target for fc-loadtool and friends is deprecated and will be + removed in the next release; please use the new -h fic target configuration + instead. * A pair of little ad hoc programs has been been added to the FC host tools suite for the purpose of dumping the Calypso chip's internal DSP mask ROM -