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Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli GNUtoo at cyberdimension.org
Sun Oct 11 20:52:17 UTC 2020


On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:32:16 +0000
Jack Knightly <j__a__k at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
Hi,

> I don't know if this is the best place to suggest an edit to wiki
> pages, 
It's a good place since there are many people (like me) that can do
such changes here.

> that it is not a firmware but a configuration file/"set of
> calibration parameters".
Thanks I've fixed that.

The issue here is that Linux uses its firmware loading mechanism to
load data to the device, or even the kernel, regardless of if that data
is code or configuration data, so it's not always easy to know what is
being loaded.

The thread you pointed to also points to a free software application to
generate this firmware.

That device looks interesting for the future as the modem is probably
already supported by oFono and upstream kernel.

It would also be interesting to watch the progress of this device as it
has the same GPS chip (The BCM4751) than many of the smartphones and
tablets supported by Replicant.

BTW, does someone already check if there is/was some documentation on
that chip on Cypress website, or if someone asked Cypress for it?

Denis.
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