Hello FreeCalypso community, I did a little bit more work on FC Selenite: the gcc-built config with GPRS enabled now boots without crashing (although actually using GPRS still crashes the fw, which does not happen in the TMS470-built version), and I added some documentation explaining how to configure and build FC Selenite with both compilers.
The more important news item is that our older FC Citrine firmware (our previous attempt at gcc-built fw) is now officially fully retired. Aside from Mot C155/156 target support which is deprecated because we now have our own FreeCalypso hw instead of hacking Mot C1xx phones, and aside from the TCH rerouting hack which was never practically usable because the underlying DSP mechanism doesn't work with AMR, FC Selenite gcc can do everything that FC Citrine did plus more, and is no less free in terms of being built with gcc from full source without any blobs, hence there is no more need to maintain or support FC Citrine in any way. I just pushed the final commit to the freecalypso-citrine Hg repository, updating the README file to explain that FC Citrine is retired and pointing to FC Selenite as the new blob-free gcc-built fw; now I need to update our web pages. Going forward, I am not currently doing any major work on any of our firmwares, instead I am focusing on the hardware: without hardware to run it on, any sw/fw work is simply pointless, no matter how good or how free/libre it happens to be, hence we need more FreeCalypso hw before anything else. Any minor fw fixes made during this time will be applied to both Magnetite and Selenite source trees (both follow the same general architecture, unlike the radically different arch that was used in Citrine); official builds for FCDEV3B and Openmoko modems will continue to be made from the Magnetite tree in the hybrid config. Hasta la Victoria, Siempre, Mychaela aka The Mother _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@freecalypso.org https://www.freecalypso.org/mailman/listinfo/community