[DEAD] Crius Mea Q7A+ - Qualcomm MSM8625 SoC ARMv7-A arch DEAD - General Questions and Answers

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When i say dead, it's typically dead.
The tablet is a Crius Mea Q7A+, uses the Qualcomm MSM8625 SoC based on the ARMv7-A arch that combines 2 ARM Cortex-A5.
While this tablet was just bricked for a long while, and i couldn't and didn't have time and firmware to reflash it, since it's one of those useless chinese low end tablets.
Having such a desirable SoC for a programmer i thought i can test on it my first steps bootloaders and Embedded OS while developing them for this sole purpose.
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The tablet after i flashed it with a lower firmware of an equivalent or almost another SoC, was booting in fastboot mode only thinking that i could get more info's with that about partitions.
I didn't, so what i did was erasing the modem partition, and that left the tablet open as a generic storage drive, i saved almost every information i could have about this SoC, the partition that were available, Qualcomm's boot sequence, UART serial connection of the SoC, and read for week several pages to gather information useful to make a bootloader.
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At the end i failed, i thought i could repartition the Flash memory of the SoC to prepare it for future uploading of my bootloader, there was a partition that is miss aligned, which was maybe the 3gb internal storage, so what i did is delete the partition and recreate it erasing the secondary ones, it was working normally as expected.
But then tomorrow i decided to plug the tablet again, but it doesn't get detected, this happened before, i cant really explain how the Primary core is trying to establish connection with the PC, but it's a bad mofo. Still it was detected all the time if i remember well.
But today the tablet was dead, i can even feel the SoC is not responding at all.
Not even detected when plugged to PC.
The battery does charges, cause i tested with a diode since i dont have a multimeter, which burned even with a resistor after the current was too high, but then with a DC brushless motor.
Mainly the charging circuit is separated from other components and connected directly to DC, that's why it's charging.
I opened the tablet, and took off the battery cables thinking i might be able to get the core to QDload mode which pressing some combinations...
And yeah i tried every combination i can think off, i even tried pressing my mouse in the PC and pressing the Vol UP in the tablet... am so funny.
I hope anyone can tell me a way to communicate with the SoC in this state, or any other solution thanks peace.
Finally i forgot the partition i saved as a text before i repartitioned the last ones only :
Code:
Disk /dev/sdd: 3.7 GiB, 3909091328 bytes, 7634944 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 1 40 40 20K 4d QNX4.x
/dev/sdd2 41 540 500 250K 45 unknown
/dev/sdd3 541 102940 102400 50M c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdd4 102941 7634943 7532003 3.6G 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 131072 135167 4096 2M 46 unknown
/dev/sdd6 135168 141311 6144 3M 58 unknown
/dev/sdd7 141312 147455 6144 3M 4a unknown
/dev/sdd8 147456 153599 6144 3M 4b unknown
/dev/sdd9 153600 157695 4096 2M 5d unknown
/dev/sdd10 157696 165887 8192 4M 90 unknown
/dev/sdd11 165888 167935 2048 1M 63 GNU HURD or SysV
/dev/sdd12 167936 169471 1536 768K 47 unknown
/dev/sdd13 169472 196623 27152 13.3M 60 unknown
/dev/sdd14 196624 217103 20480 10M 91 unknown
/dev/sdd15 217104 413711 196608 96M 83 Linux
/dev/sdd16 413712 440863 27152 13.3M 48 unknown
/dev/sdd17 440864 1362463 921600 450M 83 Linux
/dev/sdd18 1362464 1567263 204800 100M 83 Linux
/dev/sdd19 1567264 1567303 40 20K 4c unknown
/dev/sdd20 1567304 4536903 2969600 1.4G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdd21 4536904 7510599 2973696 1.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sdd22 7510600 7634942 124343 60.7M 83 Linux
As you can the sdd4 partition was overlapping other partitions sectors so i had to erase it, the rest got erased in the way, but the main boot and from 1 to 3 are intact.
Something else, the MSM7627a is a close SoC to this one, except for the one i have got 2 Cores instead of one, and supports LPDDR and have a more developed GPU, here's a note i wrote :
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MSM7627 seems close enough to the MSM8625, except that it uses a single core ARMv7-A CORTEX A5.
Which is the primary core that we need to boot up, then add the next core to the equation for the kernel.
Some differences about the MSM7627a and the MSM8625 :
MSM7627a | MSM8625
CPU Clock Speed 1,000MHz 1,200MHz
CPU Cores 1 2
GPU Qualcomm Adreno 200 Qualcomm Adreno 203
RAM Interface LPDDR2 SDRAM LPDDR, LPDDR2 SDRAM
As we can see here, they are almost identical, except for the cores which wont make a wall since we're making a bootloader, the GPU... and the RAM interface
Am on Debian Stretch and i dont have any ways of visualization but i accept any link on any platform. Thanks everyone peace again
I also want to add, that i can feel a bit of heat over the tablet it's certainly not from the battery, i dont really know if its coming from the SoC, but if it is am really glad he's doing some cycles.

And i thought i had a chance in this forum lol. looks like am on ma own.

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[REQ]Compcache stats needed. Linux swap stats helpful too.

I suspect that compcache is not interacting properly with android but I need some stats to really analyze it. This should be standardized so please answer as I request and avoid any "me too" type answers.
Here's what you need:
Compcache running or a linux swap partition or file (swapper counts).
The default browser bound to a shortcut (search-b) and set to load www.cnn.com as your homepage. Close extra windows before starting and go there at least once. Make sure you're blocking popups.
A homescreen where you have icons and widgets that you have noticed in the past have taken time to load.
Music player to run in the background if you need to increase the system load.
Optionally: Gmail bound to a keyboard shortcut. (search-g for me)
Adb shell and knowledge to run these tests.
Here's what you're doing:
adb shell into your phone
Grab following stats (you can copy and paste in on one line):
Code:
uname -r;uptime;cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness;cat /proc/swaps;cat /proc/ramzswap;free
Hit home button and go to homescreen. Take note of whether the homescreen needed to reload everything or if it was snappy. After completely done loading, run 'free' and record.
Keyboard shortcut to browser. Take note of whether the browser had to download and reload everything. After completely done loading, run 'free' and record.
Repeat 3-4 until either:
switching is always snappy,
the value of 'free' for swap ceases to change significantly while apps are reloading (like +-100 over 2-3 slow reloads),
or the value of 'free' for swap maxes out (note if you start getting lots of force closes).
Code:
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95492 2384 0 644
Swap: 43880 [B] 404[/B] 43476
Total: 141756 95896 45860
If its always snappy, put more load on the system by setting the music player in the background. If that still doesn't stress the system, throw in Gmail in the mix randomly. Note if snappy, and record 'free' stats.
If you're using both compcache and a linux swap, try to get information at the point where you've crossed over from compcache to linux swap. So if you're compcache is only 8 megs, seeing the difference as your swap fills over the 8 meg boundary is useful.
Finally, here's what you should report, either by putting it into a text file and attaching, or by placing it into a
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block.
[list=1][*]Mod used. e.g. Cyanogen 3.9
[*]Info from step 2) above. [code]2.6.29-cm
12:47:45 up 3:43, load average: 2.13, 2.05, 2.09
15
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/ramzswap0 partition 12284 408 -1
/system/sd/swapfile.swp file 31596 0 -2
DiskSize: 12288 kB
NumReads: 33
NumWrites: 102
FailedReads: 0
FailedWrites: 0
InvalidIO: 0
PagesDiscard: 0
ZeroPages: 3
GoodCompress: 77 %
NoCompress: 9 %
PagesStored: 99
PagesUsed: 31
OrigDataSize: 396 kB
ComprDataSize: 118 kB
MemUsedTotal: 124 kB
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95720 2156 0 632
Swap: 43880 408 43472
Total: 141756 96128 45628
[*]Results from repeating 3-4. If it ended up being too responsive and you couldn't stress it just include one cycle. Mark what you swapped to and whether it reloaded (Y for yes). e.g.
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home
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95824 2052 0 292
Swap: 24464 2268 22196
Total: 122340 98092 24248
browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96032 1844 0 252
Swap: 24464 2540 21924
Total: 122340 98572 23768
home
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 94436 3440 0 264
Swap: 24464 2940 21524
Total: 122340 97376 24964
browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95960 1916 0 280
Swap: 24464 5292 19172
Total: 122340 101252 21088
home Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 92868 5008 0 272
Swap: 24464 6484 17980
Total: 122340 99352 22988
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Thanks!
Reserved for my test results.
Another good test is iMeem. This app is a memory whore and really puts pressure on the system.
Code:
Cyanogen 3.6.8.1
2.6.29-cm
15:19:09 up 5:28, load average: 7.58, 5.31, 4.33
20
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/ramzswap0 partition 24464 15968 -1
DiskSize: 24468 kB
NumReads: 7817
NumWrites: 8908
FailedReads: 0
FailedWrites: 0
InvalidIO: 0
PagesDiscard: 0
ZeroPages: 241
GoodCompress: 65 %
NoCompress: 12 %
PagesStored: 5871
PagesUsed: 2370
OrigDataSize: 23484 kB
ComprDataSize: 9323 kB
MemUsedTotal: 9480 kB
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95852 2024 0 560
Swap: 24464 15968 8496
Total: 122340 111820 10520
home Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96348 1528 0 776
Swap: 24464 14600 9864
Total: 122340 110948 11392
browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96528 1348 0 420
Swap: 24464 14844 9620
Total: 122340 111372 10968
home Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96432 1444 0 752
Swap: 24464 14792 9672
Total: 122340 111224 11116
browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96484 1392 0 404
Swap: 24464 14844 9620
Total: 122340 111328 11012
home Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96464 1412 0 668
Swap: 24464 15048 9416
Total: 122340 111512 10828
No other posts? C'mon everyone, these statistics will help YOU get a faster, better configured phone.
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sha.goyjo said:
I'm going to be the first to say it. Doing tests on compcache .5 is somewhat pointless atm. If you follow Cyanogens, you'll see that he's currently working with the compcache people on an arm revision of .6, which uses a VERY different code base. I'd contribute to your thread if it wasn't trying to fiddle with a version that was just an arm patch on the existing compcache branch. You'd be better off waiting till the .6 goes stable on the trunk. All that being said, if you want to try and rewrite kernel modules that are in the process of being re-re-written, be my guest.
Not trying to be an ass, just trying to save us all some time by working towards things efficiently.
That being said, .6 could REALLY use some people working on it. Once it gets working we'll be able to use backing swap files instead of a partition, which would be great. No more Linux-swap on an sdcard.
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Hmm. So what you are saying is that we should find no significance in the fact the cyanogen already posted in this thread with supportive info for the tests.
Also, in regards to your work on .6, what benchmarking plan did you have to prove:
1) that .6 performs better than .5 on our phones
2) that .6 performs better than a linux swap on our phones
3) that .6 performs better than .5 with a backing swap on our phones
Please note that any answers to this thread could help build these benchmarks for you.
Running CM 3.8
Browser only reloaded once...even with music playing, and running wisepilot! Even the one reload was a quick one.
Code:
2.6.29-cm
18:05:17 up 1:13, load average: 2.75, 3.69, 4.14
60
Filename Type Size Used Priorit
/dev/ramzswap0 partition 31996 21264 -1
DiskSize: 32000 kB
NumReads: 15024
NumWrites: 16558
FailedReads: 0
FailedWrites: 0
InvalidIO: 0
PagesDiscard: 246
ZeroPages: 196
GoodCompress: 75 %
NoCompress: 4 %
PagesStored: 7804
PagesUsed: 2977
OrigDataSize: 31216 kB
ComprDataSize: 11516 kB
MemUsedTotal: 11908 kB
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96376 1500 0 576
Swap: 31996 21264 10732
Total: 129872 117640 12232
#
From CNN to Home
**snappy
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95752 2124 0 588
Swap: 31996 22040 9956
Total: 129872 117792 12080
From Home to CNN
**snappy no reload
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96032 1844 0 520
Swap: 31996 22020 9976
Total: 129872 118052 11820
#
ADDED MUSIC PLAYER BACKGROUND And checked mem
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95964 1912 0 624
Swap: 31996 17516 14480
Total: 129872 113480 16392
FROM HOME TO CNN
**Reload
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96120 1756 0 448
Swap: 31996 24780 7216
Total: 129872 120900 8972
CNN to Home
**Snappy...no redraw
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96400 1476 0 492
Swap: 31996 29248 2748
Total: 129872 125648 4224
Home to Browser
***Snappy NO RELOAD WITH MUSIC RUNNING!!!
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96288 1588 0 464
Swap: 31996 26660 5336
Total: 129872 122948 6924
ADDED WISEPILOT NAVIGATION mUSIC STILL RUNNING
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96532 1344 0 396
Swap: 31996 27592 4404
Total: 129872 124124 5748
WISEPILOT RUNNING, MUSIC RUNNING, SWITCHED TO CNN from within wisepilot (search b)
***NO RELOAD, NO LAG....
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95988 1888 0 492
Swap: 31996 27208 4788
Total: 129872 123196 6676
#
double posted
by the way, in case everyone missed it:
I have two G1's. Both have brand new installs of CM 3.9. One has compcache (with swapiness set to 20 and 24mb of space allocated) and one does not. After a reboot on both devices and waiting a five minutes for everything to settle, I filmed the opening of the camera app. The one without compcache is noticeably quicker. Is compcache slowing our machines down, at least in certain instances?
By the way, cat /proc/ramzswap confirms compcache is enabled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYv-5WLDVA
edit:swappiness for the above tests was at 60....
Running Cyanogen 3.8.1 with the Palm Pre theme ( dunno if it made a diff.) and HTC Music app running.
Code:
2.6.29-cm
03:53:53 up 3 min, load average: 2.22, 1.47, 0.60
60
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/ramzswap0 partition 31996 11612 -1
DiskSize: 32000 kB
NumReads: 1902
NumWrites: 3415
FailedReads: 0
FailedWrites: 0
InvalidIO: 0
PagesDiscard: 0
ZeroPages: 137
GoodCompress: 72 %
NoCompress: 4 %
PagesStored: 3278
PagesUsed: 1128
OrigDataSize: 13112 kB
ComprDataSize: 4461 kB
MemUsedTotal: 4512 kB
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96488 1388 0 652
Swap: 31996 11612 20384
Total: 129872 108100 21772
Home Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95704 2172 0 668
Swap: 31996 11612 20384
Total: 129872 107316 22556
Browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96308 1568 0 432
Swap: 31996 15528 16468
Total: 129872 111836 18036
Home N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 86336 11540 0 468
Swap: 31996 14936 17060
Total: 129872 101272 28600
Browser Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95196 2680 0 520
Swap: 31996 14932 17064
Total: 129872 110128 19744
Home N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96176 1700 0 460
Swap: 31996 15056 16940
Total: 129872 111232 18640
Browser (Opened up really quick) N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96432 1444 0 540
Swap: 31996 15200 16796
Total: 129872 111632 18240
Home N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96096 1780 0 540
Swap: 31996 15208 16788
Total: 129872 111304 18568
pinetreehater said:
by the way, in case everyone missed it:
I have two G1's. Both have brand new installs of CM 3.9. One has compcache (with swapiness set to 20 and 24mb of space allocated) and one does not. After a reboot on both devices and waiting a five minutes for everything to settle, I filmed the opening of the camera app. The one without compcache is noticeably quicker. Is compcache slowing our machines down, at least in certain instances?
By the way, cat /proc/ramzswap confirms compcache is enabled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYv-5WLDVA
edit:swappiness for the above tests was at 60....
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I'm not surprised it was.
Without compcache : Start camera app, realize your out of memory, kill another application (meaning it will start slower the next time, going through full initialization).
With compcache : Start camera, push inactive application into compcache.
I'd like to see some similar tests with more tests run. I think I might actually write a little app for this.
derfolo said:
Hmm. So what you are saying is that we should find no significance in the fact the cyanogen already posted in this thread with supportive info for the tests.
Also, in regards to your work on .6, what benchmarking plan did you have to prove:
1) that .6 performs better than .5 on our phones
2) that .6 performs better than a linux swap on our phones
3) that .6 performs better than .5 with a backing swap on our phones
Please note that any answers to this thread could help build these benchmarks for you.
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No, I apologize for being offensive. Part of my reasoning has more to do with the fact that, as far as I have seen, regardless of what works best people tend to move to the latest version. It wasn't a utility prediction. In that respect, you are going in the right direction. I do think that the plans to implement dynamic swapping between backing and ramz in the future really make a big difference, however, in any kind of work we are trying to do here. Also, from what I've looked at the difference in the modules, they look significantly different now.
I didn't mean to press your buttons, but what I'm saying does have merit.
I say this because it's not about benchmarking the current version vs. the new version. That kind of a benchmark doesn't work, because the new version has an improved feature set. Software with a larger feature set rarely performs better than software with a smaller feature set. However, the features inherent in compcache .6 are VERY compelling for android phones, specifically the ability to use backing_swap from a FILE instead of a partition. The fewer partitions on your sdcard, the better. Less wasted space, and less time spend confusing the kernel as to which /dev/ it should be writing to at the time.
As to cyanogen having "supported" your tests, there are a lot of good reasons for it. You could discover a kernel interfacing problem. You could discover a problem in the arm patch that would be relevant to the new version or upgraded versions of CM.
All I think is that the compcache project could use all the help it can get rolling out .6 for android, and that if more people helped them with that, maybe we could try and find ways to fix the version of compcache we'll be using, instead of the one we'll be moving away from.
One thing people need to realize is that there is no free lunch. Swap (whether the partition or compcache) is not for speeding up the system but for allowing you to run many big apps together at the same time.
swap will slow you down a bit, whether its compcache (cpu overhead for compression) or partition (I/O overhead). So, stop fooling yourself. If you want a fast phone, just use basic things and leave swap out of picture. if you want a fast phone AND want to run tonnes of stuff like touchflo, get a phone with more RAM.
test results
devsk said:
One thing people need to realize is that there is no free lunch. Swap (whether the partition or compcache) is not for speeding up the system but for allowing you to run many big apps together at the same time.
swap will slow you down a bit, whether its compcache (cpu overhead for compression) or partition (I/O overhead). So, stop fooling yourself. If you want a fast phone, just use basic things and leave swap out of picture. if you want a fast phone AND want to run tonnes of stuff like touchflo, get a phone with more RAM.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds rather like you're saying, "Stop trying to make things better." Rather an odd sentiment for a Development forum, no?
I ran this test with just Calendar and Weather widgets running on the home screen and, although I have occasionally found the entire home screen slow to reload during regular use, during this test the home screen never seemed to reload at all, even with Music playing and an occasional jump to Gmail.
I'm running CM 3.9 with a simple Compcache script (no backing swap) initiated from Gscript for default disk size and 20 swappiness:
Code:
2.6.29-cm
12:23:08 up 36 min, load average: 3.37, 3.65, 2.79
20
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/ramzswap0 partition 24464 6992 -1
DiskSize: 24468 kB
NumReads: 587
NumWrites: 1761
FailedReads: 0
FailedWrites: 0
InvalidIO: 0
PagesDiscard: 0
ZeroPages: 126
GoodCompress: 66 %
NoCompress: 5 %
PagesStored: 1635
PagesUsed: 602
OrigDataSize: 6540 kB
ComprDataSize: 2338 kB
MemUsedTotal: 2408 kB
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 92880 4996 0 552
Swap: 24464 6992 17472
Total: 122340 99872 22468
Browser: N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 92856 5020 0 552
Swap: 24464 6992 17472
Total: 122340 99848 22492
Home: N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 92856 5020 0 552
Swap: 24464 6992 17472
Total: 122340 99848 22492
(after stressing with Music playing AND switching to Gmail)
Browser: Y
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 95752 2124 0 452
Swap: 24464 7892 16572
Total: 122340 103644 18696
Home: N
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 97876 96496 1380 0 444
Swap: 24464 8276 16188
Total: 122340 104772 17568
ei8htohms said:
I ran this test with just Calendar and Weather widgets running on the home screen and, although I have occasionally found the entire home screen slow to reload during regular use, during this test the home screen never seemed to reload at all, even with Music playing and an occasional jump to Gmail.
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And it probably doesn't, with compcache you have enough memory to keep it in, while without it needs to go through the whole onCreate and xml inflation.
I am not saying don't make it better. What I am saying is your expectations should be correct.
I use compcache myself. I use it with memlimit_kb=32000 disksize_kb=48000 backing_swap=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 and a swappiness of 20. But I don't expect it to make my system fly. I just expect that more of my apps will stick around rather than killed and reloaded later. So, I am paying a little swapping cost upfront for payback later.
any lag once compcache fills up?
devsk said:
I am not saying don't make it better. What I am saying is your expectations should be correct.
I use compcache myself. I use it with memlimit_kb=32000 disksize_kb=48000 backing_swap=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 and a swappiness of 20. But I don't expect it to make my system fly. I just expect that more of my apps will stick around rather than killed and reloaded later. So, I am paying a little swapping cost upfront for payback later.
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Understood about managing expectations. I'm still considering the potential negative impact on battery life as well, since this is one notorious weak spot on the G1 (when it came out you didn't hear huge numbers of people complaining about how SLOW it was, but everyone complained about battery life...).
Do you mind explaining a little about your memlimit and disksize settings? I read a little about those options in the Google Code page, but I can't say I fully grokked the significance or difference.
I also can't seem to find a good explanation of how compcache and backing-swap work together. Most reports on XDA point to massive lag after compcache maxes out, but is it only then that backing-swap kicks in (and maybe a lot of those folks were using the 60 or 100 swappiness settings)? Can Linux-swap and compcache be run in parallel or separately from each other in some way (I'm guessing no)?
ei8htohms said:
Understood about managing expectations. I'm still considering the potential negative impact on battery life as well, since this is one notorious weak spot on the G1 (when it came out you didn't hear huge numbers of people complaining about how SLOW it was, but everyone complained about battery life...).
Do you mind explaining a little about your memlimit and disksize settings? I read a little about those options in the Google Code page, but I can't say I fully grokked the significance or difference.
I also can't seem to find a good explanation of how compcache and backing-swap work together. Most reports on XDA point to massive lag after compcache maxes out, but is it only then that backing-swap kicks in (and maybe a lot of those folks were using the 60 or 100 swappiness settings)? Can Linux-swap and compcache be run in parallel or separately from each other in some way (I'm guessing no)?
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According to the Dev:
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Usage:
- modprobe ramzswap [memlimit_kb=<val>|disksize_kb=<val>] [backing_swap=<dev>]
memlimit_kb: This param is applicable only when backing_swap is given.
It is limit on amount compressed data stored in memory. Any
additional data is forwarded to backing_swap. It cannot be greater
than backing device size. If missing or 0, default value is used:
15% of RAM or backing device size, whichever is smaller.
disksize_kb: This param is applicable only when backing_swap is not given.
It is limit on amount of *uncompressed* worth of data stored in
memory. For e.g. disksize_kb=1024 means it can hold 1024kb worth of
uncompressed data even if this data compresses to just, say, 100kb.
If missing or 0, default value is used: 25% of RAM.
backing_swap: This is block device to be used as backing store for ramzswap.
It must be a valid swap partition. We move data to this device when we
encounter incompressible page or memlimit is reached. TODO: we may also
move some pages from ramzswap to this device in case system is really
low on memory.
This device is not directly visible to kernel as a swap device
(/proc/swaps will only show /dev/ramzswap0 and not this device).
Managing this backing device is the job of ramzswap module.
Examples:
1) modprobe ramzswap memlimit_kb=10240 backing_swap=/dev/sda2
sets ramzswap limit as 10MB and /dev/sda2 as backing swap device.
NOTE: here /dev/sda2 is a valid swap partition.
2) modprobe ramzswap backing_swap=/dev/sda2
same as (1) but memlimit is set to default: 15% of RAM or size of
backing swap device, whichever is smaller.
3) modprobe ramzswap disksize_kb=10240
sets ramzswap disk size as 10MB.
4) modprobe ramzswap.ko
same as (3) but ramzswap disk size will be set to default:
25% of RAM size.
Once module is loaded, activate this swap with highest priority:
swapon /dev/ramzswap0 -p 100
(-p param set swap priority)
Notes:
- ramzswap stats are exported via /proc/ramzswap
- If you give non-swap partition as backing_swap, nothing bad will happen -
swapon will simply fail to recognize /dev/ramzswap0 as swap partition.
So, in this case, unload the module and reload with correct backing_swap.
**********************************************************
thanks! very interesting
uwonsum said:
According to the Dev:
memlimit_kb: applicable only when backing_swap is given...limit on amount compressed data stored...additional data is forwarded to backing_swap.
disksize_kb: applicable only when backing_swap is not given...limit on amount of *uncompressed* worth of data stored.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So if I'm reading this right, memlimit and disksize would never be used together, right? And when backing_swap is NOT used, compcache is using the disksize allocation for uncompressed data, like virtual swap within RAM? Huh?
Once module is loaded, activate this swap with highest priority:
swapon /dev/ramzswap0 -p 100
(-p param set swap priority)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This swap priority info seems to directly conflict the info on the CompilingAndUsing page of the Google code project page:
Add ramzswap as swap device
swapon /dev/ramzswap0 -p 1 (give this swap device the highest priority).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is 1 the highest priority or is 100 the highest priority? Is this the same as setting the swappiness? There must be a typo somewhere. Any help?
[EDIT]NVM, "-p 1" seems to be an invalid parameter.[/EDIT]
BTW, I started playing with your (rather more exotic) script from the CM Wheel of Death thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4205132&postcount=518
Have you had any further findings about the various settings employed?
Thanks again!

Chinese Phone

Hello I have bougt a Chinese phone that i am very satisfied with except one thing. I had to do a hard reset, and a´fter that i can't access my storage card. I have got out this data from SKtools. If somebody can help me. Yes, I have tried with 3 other SD-cards without success. Support from China ?.. well does it exist at all? Yeah I know that it is probably cheap thinking too buy a phone like that but now i have done that. It has Builtín GPS,WIFI,3,0 Mpix camera at a price of 180$, and worked flawless until the hard reset. Link to Phone... Sorry for my english, i'm swedish.
HTC G2 Built-in GPS, WIFI 460MHz CPU 3.0MP camera Windows Mobile phone Smart PDA + 2GB TF
[Device]
Marvell PXA312
PocketPC
Total time 20.22 min.
Idle time 15.50 min.
Idle percent 76.7%
Time from last power on 2.97 min.
[Features]
Sound : Available
Pocket Office : Available
Infrared : Not available
Vibration : Available
IMAP4 : Available
Phone : Available
Bluetooth : Available (Microsoft)
MMS : Not available
MUI : Not available
Speech : Not available
Persistent storage : Available
Bluetooth handsfree : Available
[Processor]
Processor info:
Processor core: ARM920T
Core revision: 0
Processor name:
Processor revision: 0
Catalog number :
Vendor: Marvell PXA312
Instruction set: 0
Clock speed: 360
[OS]
OS 5.2.20954.3
Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) version .1.5.0
[Memory]
program: 95568/60748 KB (all/free)
storage: 158928/33252 KB (all/free)
[Power]
LION
On AC Line: No
Main battery: 100%, 4222 mV, 32767 mA, 0 C
Backup battery: 100%
[Screen]
Resolution 240 x 320
DPI 96 x 96
Colors 65536
BackLight AC 5 BATT 0
[Network]
NT901_PPC
Adapter: SDIO86861
SDIO86861
MAC address: 00 22 43 92 58 7b
IP address:
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
Gateway:
DHCP server :
---------CMGR--------
CELLULAR_CSD
Status: 32
Secure: 0
CMCC MMS (CSD)
-------
CELLULAR_CSD
Status: 32
Secure: 0
CMCC WAP (CSD)
-------
CELLULAR_GPRS
Status: 32
Secure: 0
CMCC MMS (GPRS)
-------
CELLULAR_GPRS
Status: 32
Secure: 0
CMCC WAP (GPRS)
-------
PROXY_WAP
Status: 32
Secure: 0
CMCC WAP Gateway
-------
PROXY_NULL
Status: 32
Secure: 0
null-corp-{18AD9FBD-F716-ACB6-FD8A-1965DB95B814}
-------
PROXY_NULL
Status: 32
Secure: 0
HTTP-{ADB0B001-10B5-3F39-27C6-9742E785FCD4}
-------
[Hardware buttons]
[Phone]
NXP
NEXPERIA SY.SOL 5209
1.07.9201
366889010003287
240084702067287
VODAFONE SWEDEN
24008
IMSI:240084702067287
CellID:12672
LocationAreaCode:13
[Serial ports list]
COM3:Serial_GPS
COM2:Serial_BT
COM1:Serial_Modem
COM6:Serial_AGPS
[SD information]
Bus driver version 5.2
Slot 0
Host index 0,slot index 0
Inserted card Memory Card
Card type SD Memory
Interface mode 4 bit(s),Clock rate 25000000
[Security Policy]
one/two-tier device : 1
unsigned CABs : 16
unsigned apps : 1
user prompts : 1
4119 : 160
autorun : 0
4120 : 16
unsigned themes : 64
RAPI : 2
DRM : 3072
[Opened TCP/UDP ports]
[UDP]: 0.0.0.0:137
*.*.*.*:*
[UDP]: 0.0.0.0:138
*.*.*.*:*
[UDP]: 0.0.0.0:9204
*.*.*.*:*
[UDP]: 127.0.0.1:1028
*.*.*.*:*

[RFC] enable CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY

I've tested enabling CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY in a 2.6.33.4 kernel for CM-5.0.8.
Code:
Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user() (EXPERIMENTAL)
CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY:
Implement faster copy_to_user and clear_user methods for CPU
cores where a 8-word STM instruction give significantly higher
memory write throughput than a sequence of individual 32bit stores.
A possible side effect is a slight increase in scheduling latency
between threads sharing the same address space if they invoke
such copy operations with large buffers.
However, if the CPU data cache is using a write-allocate mode,
this option is unlikely to provide any performance gain.
Empirically there seems to be an improvement not in snappiness but when
heavier i/o is involved. The only test i could think of so far is:
Code:
WITH CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY
/ # hdparm -tT /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:
Timing buffer-cache reads: hdparm: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD: Inappropriate ioctl for device
78 MB in 0.51 seconds = 154505 kB/s
Timing buffered disk reads: 42 MB in 3.03 seconds = 14171 kB/s
hdparm: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Code:
WITHOUT CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY
/ # hdparm -tT /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:
Timing buffer-cache reads: hdparm: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD: Inappropriate ioctl for device
24 MB in 0.56 seconds = 43828 kB/s
Timing buffered disk reads: 15 MB in 3.11 seconds = 4938 kB/s
hdparm: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Attached you will find a boot.img and modules.sqf or modules.tar.gz for CM-5.0.8 if you want to test it.
For a fast test you can use fastboot to boot the kernel:
Code:
sudo fastboot boot new_boot.img
For more extensive tests you maybe need to copy the modules to your device
(the .sqf or tar.gz depending on your setup DeathSPL/AnySPL) and eventually flash the boot image.
DON'T DO IT IF YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOWTO!!!
Attached also my kernel config.
Critics and hints on whether this could be useful are welcome.
Enjoy.

TI FM Radio

Preface
Hi !
In my reading of various threads it's become apparent that there are MANY people who passionately
desire a "real FM radio" app. Not all of us live in data dense areas, or can afford the costs of
streaming audio. And not all of us have given up on RF broadcasts, either due to our tastes,
local available programming, lack of commercials or whatever. And many of us very much desire
the ability to transmit on the FM band for various reasons.
I want this thread to deal with TI FM radios on all devices that contain TI chips. My observation is that
there is a great deal of commonality in the TI chips supporting FM in the last 4-6 years.
I don't generally want to deal with the Broadcom FM chips here, but the audio routing issues will be similar.
I also WOULD like to create a list of devices containing the FM chips they use, so people can more quickly
determine their FM chip type.
To non-devs who want FM yesterday: Yes, I know. No need to post about it. I'll do my best to create some
kind of app ASAP, but first some fundamentals need to be figured out. I'd think and hope that others will also
be able to create FM radio apps from the info here and elsewhere.
This thread is in a developer forum, and as such it would be preferable to limit discussion to technical
aspects, preferrably by those who are developers or thereabouts in terms of technical skills. It's hard
work sometimes to slog through near 100 page threads such as the one for the Nexus One FM radio.
If you have simple questions, comments, requests, corrections or additions to this, please consider
PMing me directly and I'll do my best to incorporate that into the thread, giving acknowledgement
if you so desire.
That said, I've posted FM Receiver and FM Transmitter scripts below. If you feel you have a reasonable
capability to try these scripts on your device, please do, and report here or via PM on success or failure
if you might be among the first few to try these on your device/model.
I will try to keep these first posts updated with the latest information, so hopefully you won't need to post
questions about whether or not your device works by referring to the "Devices" post.
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Introduction
I've enabled the FM radio functions on my HTC Legend. It is also known to work on HTC Tattoo.
Scouring the web looking for the magic incantations to enable FM audio I'm finding myself overwhelmed with all the things I don't know.
Much of the information needed is kept under wraps by TI and their customers. To get TI's information requires signing an NDA,
and perhaps other legal documents. Signing such an NDA limits how much you can say publicly, and I'd prefer to not be under
such constraints. I'm not even sure if an NDA would be sufficient for a person not employed by TI or a TI customer.
Thus this thread, to share with you the information I've found, and to ask for your help in correcting it or adding to it.
If there is any similar thread on any site, that is TI specific, but not device model specific, please let me know.
I've seen and read through a number of mega-threads here and elsewhere that are device specific, but much of the information
contained therein is useful for all devices with TI FM chips.
The chips in question are usually named: WL1271, WL1273, WL1281 and WL1283. The first two have WF + BT + FM and the latter two add GPS.
TI also calls these WiLink or BlueLink 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0, as well as BRF6300, BRF6350 and BL6450.
TI also sells various evaluation boards carrying these chips, and some TI partners produce modules, sometimes with similar numbers.
AFAICT there is no FM functionality in some of the predecessor chips such as the WiLink 4.0 chips: BRF6100 (WL1251) & BRF6150 (WL1253).
Just so you better know my knowledge level:
- I'm new to Android, smartphones and post 1995 PDAs, although I've read some on these subjects over the years.
I'm diving straight in to learn as much as I can as quickly as I can. I'm not currently employed but hope to
transition myself to what appears to be the rapidly expanding Android world.
- I've worked in software development on "semi-embedded" Linux VOIP and security appliances since 1997, with a good bit
of low level kernel/driver stuff. Not much low level stuff recently, mostly daemons and command line utilities.
At home I've recently worked on a home Asterisk VOIP box and MythTv and XBMC based HTPCs. I also manage the 5 Ubuntu
PCs our family uses, as well as one lonely 5 year old HP WinXp tablet.
- My background in electronics and computing goes back to the mid 1970's with 8080 and SCMP. I designed and built a variety
of computer, electronics and even RF devices in those days, and can still wield a mean soldering pencil when needed.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is some information about which chips being discussed here. Note that the terms BlueLink and WiLink can be somewhat confusing as some chips are both.
TI's Wireless Connectivity Solutions page:
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...lateId=6123&navigationId=12493&contentId=4637
Note at left that GPS (NaviLink), Bluetooth (BlueLink) and Wireless (WiLink) are represented.
FM radio seems to be the neglected "step child" that gets little mention or notice.
It's a small add-on feature that just happens to come along with Bluetooth sometimes, if at all.
Generally, the WiFi, BT, FM and GPS components in these multi-function chips tend to be independent of each other.
They can be powered up or down individually and usually have seperate control paths. They are called "IP"s, eg.
the WiFi IP or BT IP. I haven't yet determined what IP stands for, LOL.
FM is the exception though; it seems to piggyback on the BT IP. To power up FM you must first power up BT
(although some doc implied BT can then be powered down). FM has it's own I2C control path, but that is usually
not used, in favor of sharing the BT HCI interface.
Some docs I've read discourage the use of FM. Perhaps it can cause issues ?
Note that some of these chips may indicate support for Wireless-N, but that doesn't mean the device manufacturer
enabled it in their stack etc. It might be possible to enable N, perhaps with different Wireless firmware or init
scripts. While an interesting prospect, despite the expectation of vastly increased battery consumption, I don't
want to get into the Wireless issues, except as they might impact FM.
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Predecessor single function products upon which the later integrated products are based:
2004: BRF6100 / BRF6150 = BT only
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/TI_brf6100_6150.pdf
2005: WiLink 4.0 mWLAN (WL1251 and WL1253) = WF only
WL1251 = 802.11 b/g/e/i/d/k
WL1253 = 802.11 a/b/g/e/i/d/k/h/j
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/wl1251_1253_prod_bulletin.pdf
2005: BlueLink 5.0 BRF6300 = BT only
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_bluelink_5_brf6300.pdf
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Combined products. All seem to support FM Rx and Tx:
2007: BlueLink 6.0 BRF6350 = BT + FM
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_bluelink_6_brf6350.pdf
200?: WiLink 5.0 = WiLink 4.0 mWLAN + BlueLink 6.0 = WF + BT + FM
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...ateId=6123&navigationId=12661&contentId=15402
2010: WiLink 6.0 = WF + BT + FM (Bluetooth (2.1?) Low Energy Specification 4.0 + EDR)
WL1271 = 802.11 b/g/n (2.4 GHz)
WL1273 = 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz)
http://www.ti.com/lit/swmt013
2010.1: BlueLink / WiLink 7.0 BL6450 = BT 2.1 (+EDR) + FM (No WF)
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/BlueLink7_BL6450_swmt014d.pdf
2010.2: WiLink 7.0 = WF + BT + FM + GPS
WL1281 / WL1283 = 802.11 a/b/g/n + BT 3.0 + FM + GPS 3GPP
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/WiLink7_WL1283_swmt016.pdf
Sources
Sources
The source of information I've found include:
- Documents from TI or customers. Usually these contain limited information.
- Source code from TI, TI's customers or other parties, including ROM builders.
- Threads/Posts on forums including this one, as well as TI support forums.
- Miscellaneous random sources such as IRC logs for HTC-Linux.
The most comprehensive and easily useful sources I've found so far are the source codes
for a Linux WL1271 driver being produced by a Nokia employee, and somewhat similar
source codes from TI.
The "Texas Instruments WL1273 FM radio" Linux driver is under development by Matti J. Aaltonen
of Nokia. I believe the Nokia N900 uses a TI chip under Maemo->Meego, and perhaps other Nokia
devices too. Various patches and discussions are underway, and can be googled, and parts of it
are slowly appearing in the latest kernel source. If you want to see the latest, the only easy way
seems to be downloading one of the latest kernels at https://lkml.org/ .
There's an ancient first version from and some discussion from April here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/18449
I used http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.37.tar.bz2 and
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.37.bz2 but I see there's a 2.6.38 RC5
there as well.
Finding and downloading TI code has been a pain, but they have a lot there.
TI WL 128x FM V4L2 driver:
There's a git repository for what appears to be an alternate V4L driver at http://dev.omapzoom.org/pub/scm/manju/L24x-btfm.git
Some discussion: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg28310.html
I'm not sure why there appear to be two efforts underway to create FM V4L2 drivers, the one by Nokia and the other by TI.
This appears to be source for TI's fmapp test utility and fm_stack library in a form that can be viewed by browser:
http://git.omapzoom.org/?p=platform...2a9dcca2dced00e724a2eb1dec578152f5beb;hb=HEAD
I managed to download the older 0.12 version of fmapp and fm_stack source code from somewhere, but can't recall where.
The "fmapp" utility has a LOT of functionality for testing just about every exposed FM feature, including RDS.
There is also a recently released "Android Froyo DevKit V2" at:
http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_tii/TI_Android_DevKit/02_00_00/index_FDS.html
You have to sign in for that but it should be easy to create an account. I already had one via a previous TI adventure.
The K2 BM6350 module PDFs have some further info:
http://www.ktwo.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=178&Itemid=465
http://www.ktwo.co.in/pdf/K2BM6350_Datasheet.pdf
http://www.ktwo.co.in/pdf/K2-BM6350 StarterKit UserManual.pdf
Forum threads:
[TUTORIAL] Reverse engineering HTC FM Radio for noobs (on EVO 4G)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725870
Decompiled HTC Radio app
http://martinmarinov.info/HTCRadio.rar
Some words about bluetooth....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816019
[Q] FM Radio app, Broadcom BCM4329 chipset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837691
[THINK TANK] Enabling the Nexus One FM radio ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707404
FM Radio on 2.x ROMs - An Idea
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11366697
Devices
Devices
List of devices and FM chips. At this time I'd like to limit this to Android devices, but might consider others.
Would be useful to list limitations here. For example, some Motorola Droid owners were understandably disheartened,
after much work, to find they had no Fm Rx antenna connection, and could not make one without opening up the cans, etc.
on the board. So technically they had Fm Rx, practically, they had none.
Also, some boards may have no Tx antenna, but might possibly work within a few inches of an external FM receiver antenna.
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TI FM devices:
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HTC Legend: WL1273
HTC Tattoo/Click WL1271?
HTC Dream/Google G1 WL1271?
HTC Sapphire/Hero BRF6300 = WL1271?
HTC Diamond/Raphael/Blackstone BRF6350 (Windows Mobile?)
Motorola Droid WL1271
Motorola Backflip WL1271?
Motorola Milestone WL1273?
Nokia N900 WL1273? (Maemo?)
Barnes & Noble Nook Color WL1273?
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Broadcom FM devices:
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HTC Nexus One: 43xx
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FM Apps and APIs
FM Apps and APIs
Many handset manufacturers provide their own proprietary FM radio apps. Some people have managed to get an
FM radio app meant for another device working on theirs. Most, however, have library or other issues with a foreign app.
AFAICT, Google has not released any sanctioned FM radio API, nor do they intend to. I'd guess FM radio likely
won't bring much revenue to Google or the carriers.
In an ideal world, Android apps would use the same API as on Linux: the "Video For Linux version Two" aka V4L2.
This API makes use of a /dev/radioX device. This is somewhat similar to the /dev/videoX devices that some devices
appear to support for cameras.
If the V4L2 API was available on Android, Android FM radio apps could then be ported more easily from Linux.
Alas, there are relatively few Linux radio apps. GnomeRadio hasn't been touched in over 2 years and Gnome
doesn't run on Android anyway of course. Some command line apps could be ported, but that doesn't make for
an Android app.
So thus far, the defacto "API" for FM radio on Android has been vendor specific commands over HCI, the
Bluetooth interface. This is more or less similar to the way it can be done via I2C, but apparently
most FM chips are not wired via 12C; they use the existing HCI UART. Once again, FM radio is the
poor neglected "step-child".
One advantage of using HCI is that no new kernel drivers are needed. A disadvantage is that some mediation
driver would be required to use bluetooth and FM at the same time; the only alternative being drivers for
both smashed together, but that would be an Android specific hack and is not a good idea.
I've noted that one individual created an API spec and an app for Windows devices a few years back.
I believe it was called GFMRadio and XFMRadio or similar. That project was apparently abandoned.
MIUI released a GPL licensed FM app for some phones based on broadcom chips; HTC Desire and Nexus One.
The source code contains the string "/dev/radio", but AFAICT it doesn't appear to actually use V4L API.
It speaks directly to the broadcom FM chip via HCI.
Since MIUI source is GPL and available it could be used as a base for a TI, or TI and broadcom specific app.
In theory patches could be submitted to MIUI but I'm not sure they are open to that and the language barrier
from English to Chinese and back may be difficult.
Some interesting posts on MIUI here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837691
http://www.miui.com/thread-1687-1-1.html
Using hcitool commands, or similar, one could write a radio app in bash or Perl etc. LOL.
TI has an "fmapp" command line testing utility that relies on libfm_stack.so .
This app won't run on my Legend because it depends on snd_ctl_* APIs in libaudio.
"strings libfm_stack.so" produces lots of interesting detail and embedded BTS scripts.
The source code I've found for TI fmapp, and it's FM stack library does not seem to have all
the functionality I've seen in the binary fmapp I found. So they may have stripped much code
for the publicly released source code.
Audio routing
Audio routing
On HTC phones, FM analog audio routing can be achieved by:
# Default
adb shell 'echo "disable" > /sys/class/htc_accessory/fm/flag'
# Headset
adb shell 'echo "fm_headset" > /sys/class/htc_accessory/fm/flag'
# Speaker
adb shell 'echo "fm_speaker" > /sys/class/htc_accessory/fm/flag'
# View
adb shell cat /sys/class/htc_accessory/fm/flag
Firmware, TI BTS file, HCI and I2S/I2C issues, tools etc.
Firmware, TI BTS file, HCI and I2S/I2C issues, tools etc.
The Nokia V4L driver loads radio-wl1273-fw.bin, although the code does indicate it may not be necessary.
I can't find this firmware file anywhere. As with many other firmwares, it may simply be a known firmware
file renamed. This has been noted with other firmware files for the TI radio.
Information on firmware for these TI chips seems scattered and incomplete. Same with the BTS Bluetooth script files
which are usually important for accessing the FM functionality.
I think one of the reasons for this lack of information is that most parties do not want us messing with the available functionality.
- Device manufacturers do not want their devices used in violation of FCC or other regulatory body rules.
For example, FM transmission at higher power levels or improper frequencies. Also RDS transmissions with bogus data.
- Device manufacturers and carriers want us to buy newer or more expensive products for additional functionality.
They also would rather we use voice minutes instead of FM "walkie talkies".
- Google and carriers want us to stream music via data rather than pick it up for free from over the air.
...
Where do I find utilities to dump/decode/encode BTS files ?
....
HCI is usually used to access FM functions, but I2C might be usable on some devices.
...
fm_rx_init_6350.1.bts
fm_rx_init_6350.2.bts
fm_rx_init_6450.1.bts
fm_tx_init_6450.1.bts
fmc_init_6350.1.bts
fmc_init_6350.2.bts
fmc_init_6450.1.bts
tiinit_0.0.0.bts
tiinit_5.2.34.bts
tiinit_5.3.53.bts
tiinit_6.1.24.bts
tiinit_6.2.31.bts
HCI/I2C Commands
HCI/I2C Commands
Most of this information is gleaned from:
- The Linux WL1271 FM Radio source code written by a Nokia employee.
- TI source code for fmapp/fmstack, etc.
Various forum posts also make it clear there is a bewildering array of commands etc. not referenced in the source codes above.
Some information can also be retrieved by looking inside BTS, firmware, app, utility and library etc. files.
...
Vendor Specific Opcodes for the various FM-related commands over HCI. (_FmcCoreTransportFmCOmmands)
_FMC_CMD_I2C_FM_READ 0x0133
_FMC_CMD_FM_I2C_FM_READ_HW_REG 0x0134
_FMC_CMD_I2C_FM_WRITE 0x0135
?0x136
_FMC_CMD_FM_POWER_MODE 0x0137
?0x138
_FMC_CMD_FM_SET_AUDIO_PATH 0x0139
_FMC_CMD_FM_CHANGE_I2C_ADDR 0x013A
Format of an HCI READ/WRITE command to FM over I2C is:
HCI Header:
- HCI Packet Type: (Added internally by the HCI Transport Layer)
- HCI Opcode: 2 bytes (LSB, MSB - LE)
- HCI Parameters Total Len: 1 byte (total length of all subsequent fields)
HCI Parameters:
- FM Opcode: 1 byte
- FM Parameters Len: 2 bytes (LSB, MSB - LE)
- FM Cmd Parameter Value: N bytes
For "simple" (non-RDS) read commands "FM Parameters Len" is always "2, 0" (2).
...
HCI/I2C Commands/Opcodes, registers, values
HCI/I2C Opcodes, registers, values.
Most of this information is gleaned from:
- The Linux WL1271 FM Radio source code written by a Nokia employee.
- TI source code for fmapp/fmstack, etc.
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The most important "commands":
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0x137 FM_POWER_MODE: FM Core power up (last byte 0=down, 1=up)
Usage:
# FM_POWER_MODE: FM Core power up
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x137 0x01 0x01
# FM_POWER_MODE: FM Core power down
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x137 0x01 0x00
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0x133 FM_READ
Examples:
# FM_READ: POWER (Register 0x20)
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x133 0x20 0x02 0x00
# FM_READ: RSSI (Register 0x01)
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x133 0x01 0x02 0x00
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0x135 FM_WRITE
Examples:
# FM WRITE: POWER: Rx on (This actually seems to be "audio enable" !
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x135 0x20 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x02
# FM WRITE: POWER: Rx on plus RDS
adb shell hcitool cmd 0x3f 0x135 0x20 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x03
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The "registers": (some call them opcodes, but they seem to be registers IMO)
0x00 0 WL1273_STEREO_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_STEREO_GET
0 FM_STEREO_MODE mono (or no signal ?)
1 FM_MONO_MODE stereo signal
0x01 1 WL1273_RSSI_LVL_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RSSI_LEVEL_GET
(-128) SCHAR_MIN FM_RX_RSSI_THRESHOLD_MIN See also WL1273_SEARCH_LVL_SET
127 SCHAR_MAX FM_RX_RSSI_THRESHOLD_MAX
0x02 2 WL1273_IF_COUNT_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_IF_COUNT_GET
# changes: 1, 2, 3, ff, fe, 0
0x03 3 WL1273_FLAG_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_FLAG_GET
? = Event masks ?
#define FM_FR_EVENT (1 << 0)
#define FM_BL_EVENT (1 << 1)
#define FM_RDS_EVENT (1 << 2)
#define FM_BBLK_EVENT (1 << 3)
#define FM_LSYNC_EVENT (1 << 4)
#define FM_LEV_EVENT (1 << 5)
#define FM_IFFR_EVENT (1 << 6)
#define FM_PI_EVENT (1 << 7)
#define FM_PD_EVENT (1 << 8)
#define FM_STIC_EVENT (1 << 9)
#define FM_MAL_EVENT (1 << 10)
#define FM_POW_ENB_EVENT (1 << 11)
0x04 4 WL1273_RDS_SYNC_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_SYNC_GET
0 WL1273_RDS_NOT_SYNCHRONIZED
1 WL1273_RDS_SYNCHRONIZED
0x05 5 WL1273_RDS_DATA_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_DATA_GET
64 FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD (*1 or *3) See also FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_MEM_SET_GET
85 FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD_MAX Used as FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD_MAX*RDS_BLOCK_SIZE for mem size.
? Set to 3e 16 ? (15894)
0x06 ? Set to 1 ?
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Codes 6-9 missing
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0x0a 10 WL1273_FREQ_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_FREQ_SET_GET
base + freq / 50Khz
0 0x000 87500 WL1273_BAND_OTHER_LOW
410 0x19a 108000 WL1273_BAND_OTHER_HIGH
0 0x000 76000 WL1273_BAND_JAPAN_LOW
280 0x118 90000 WL1273_BAND_JAPAN_HIGH
? #define FM_UNDEFINED_FREQ 0xFFFFFFFF
0x0b 11 WL1273_AF_FREQ_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_AF_FREQ_SET_GET
0x0c 12 WL1273_MOST_MODE_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_MOST_MODE_SET_GET ! MOST = "MOno/STereo"
0 WL1273_RX_STEREO Stereo according to blend
1 WL1273_RX_MONO Force mono output
0 FM_STEREO_MODE
1 FM_MONO_MODE
0x0d 13 WL1273_MOST_BLEND_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_MOST_BLEND_SET_GET
0 Switched blend & hysteresis
1 FM_STEREO_SOFT_BLEND Soft blend
Now set to 1 = Soft blend
0x0e 14 WL1273_DEMPH_MODE_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_DEMPH_MODE_SET_GET
0 FM_RX_EMPHASIS_FILTER_50_USEC
1 FM_RX_EMPHASIS_FILTER_75_USEC
0x0f 15 WL1273_SEARCH_LVL_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_SEARCH_LVL_SET_GET
7 WL1273_DEFAULT_SEEK_LEVEL
(-128) SCHAR_MIN See also WL1273_RSSI_LVL_GET
127 SCHAR_MAX
0x10 16 WL1273_BAND_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_BAND_SET_GET
0 WL1273_BAND_OTHER 87.5-108 Mhz North America, Europe, generally rest of world besides Japan
1 WL1273_BAND_JAPAN 76-90 Mhz Japan (perhaps soon US also)
0x11 17 WL1273_MUTE_STATUS_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_MUTE_STATUS_SET_GET
0 ........ FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_UNMUTE_MODE
bit0 0x01 WL1273_MUTE_SOFT_ENABLE FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_RF_DEP_MODE
bit1 0x02 WL1273_MUTE_AC FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_AC_MUTE_MODE
bit2 0x04 WL1273_MUTE_HARD_LEFT FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_HARD_MUTE_LEFT_MODE
bit3 0x08 WL1273_MUTE_HARD_RIGHT FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_HARD_MUTE_RIGHT_MODE
bit4 0x10 WL1273_MUTE_SOFT_FORCE FMC_FW_RX_MUTE_SOFT_MUTE_FORCE_MODE
Set to one of these:
2 0x02 FM_RX_AC_MUTE_MODE Mute On But enable soft/attenuate ?
0 0x00 FM_RX_UNMUTE_MODE Mute Off
16 0x10 FM_RX_SOFT_MUTE_FORCE_MODE Mute Attenuate
Then optionally logically "OR" ('|') this:
bit0 0x01 FM_RX_RF_DEP_MODE
Optional bits ?
bit2 0x04 FM_RX_HARD_MUTE_LEFT_MODE
bit3 0x08 FM_RX_HARD_MUTE_RIGHT_MODE
? #define FM_MUTE_OFF 0
? #define FM_MUTE_ON 1
? #define FM_MUTE_ATTENUATE 2
? #define FM_RX_RF_DEPENDENT_MUTE_ON 1
? #define FM_RX_RF_DEPENDENT_MUTE_OFF 0
0x12 18 WL1273_RDS_PAUSE_LVL_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_PAUSE_LVL_SET_GET
? Set to 5 ?
0x13 19 WL1273_RDS_PAUSE_DUR_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_PAUSE_DUR_SET_GET
? Set to 0x0c = 12
0x14 20 WL1273_RDS_MEM_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_MEM_SET_GET
64 FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD (*1 or *3) See also FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_DATA_GET
85 FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD_MAX Used as FMC_FW_RX_RDS_THRESHOLD_MAX*RDS_BLOCK_SIZE for mem size.
Set to 0x55 = 85 = Max Thresh
0x15 21 WL1273_RDS_BLK_B_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_BLK_B_SET_GET
0x16 22 WL1273_RDS_MSK_B_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_MSK_B_SET_GET
0x17 23 WL1273_RDS_PI_MASK_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_PI_MASK_SET_GET
0x18 24 WL1273_RDS_PI_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_PI_SET_GET
0x19 25 WL1273_RDS_SYSTEM_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_SYSTEM_SET_GET
0 FM_RDS_SYSTEM_RDS
1 FM_RDS_SYSTEM_RBDS
0x1a 26 WL1273_INT_MASK_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_INT_MASK_SET_GET
0x1b 27 WL1273_SEARCH_DIR_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_SEARCH_DIR_SET_GET
0 FM_SEARCH_DIRECTION_DOWN
1 FM_SEARCH_DIRECTION_UP
0x1c 28 WL1273_VOLUME_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_VOLUME_SET_GET
880 0x370 ........ FMC_FW_RX_FM_GAIN_STEP ? 35 steps ?
0 0x00 ........ FMC_FW_RX_FM_VOLUMN_MIN
30904 0x78b8 WL1273_DEFAULT_VOLUME FMC_FW_RX_FM_VOLUMN_INITIAL_VALUE
61808 0xf170 ........ FMC_FW_RX_FM_VOLUMN_MAX
65535 0xffff WL1273_MAX_VOLUME ........
- #define FM_RX_VOLUME_MIN 0
? #define FM_RX_VOLUME_MAX 70
? #define FM_RX_VOLUME_GAIN_STEP 0x370
0x1d 29 WL1273_AUDIO_ENABLE FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_AUDIO_ENABLE_SET_GET
bit0 0x01 WL1273_AUDIO_ENABLE_I2S FMC_FW_RX_FM_AUDIO_ENABLE_I2S
bit1 0x02 WL1273_AUDIO_ENABLE_ANALOG FMC_FW_RX_FM_AUDIO_ENABLE_ANALOG
bit0|1 0x03 ........ FMC_FW_RX_FM_AUDIO_ENABLE_I2S_AND_ANALOG
0 ........ FMC_FW_RX_FM_AUDIO_ENABLE_DISABLE
0x1e 30 WL1273_PCM_MODE_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_I2S_CLOCK_CONFIG_SET_GET
0 0x00 WL1273_PCM_DEF_MODE ? I2S protocol, left channel first, data width 16 bits
0x1f 31 WL1273_I2S_MODE_CONFIG_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_I2S_MODE_CONFIG_SET_GET
0x0145= WL1273_IS2_RATE_48K(0) | IS2_TRI_OPT(0) | IS2_SDOWS_RF(0x0100) |
IS2_SLAVEW(0x0040) | IS2_FORMAT_STD(0) | IS2_WIDTH_50(0x0005)
0 0x0 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_32
1 0x1 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_40
2 0x2 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_22_23
3 0x3 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_23_22
4 0x4 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_48
5 0x5 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_50
6 0x6 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_60
7 0x7 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_64
8 0x8 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_80
9 0x9 WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_96
10 0xa WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_128
bits0-3 0xf WL1273_IS2_WIDTH 0xf Mask
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_FORMAT_STD (0x0 << 4)
16 0x10 WL1273_IS2_FORMAT_LEFT (0x1 << 4)
32 0x20 WL1273_IS2_FORMAT_RIGHT (0x2 << 4)
48 0x30 WL1273_IS2_FORMAT_USER (0x3 << 4)
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_MASTER (0x0 << 6)
64 0x40 WL1273_IS2_SLAVEW (0x1 << 6)
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_TRI_AFTER_SENDING (0x0 << 7)
128 0x80 WL1273_IS2_TRI_ALWAYS_ACTIVE (0x1 << 7)
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_SDOWS_RR (0x0 << 8)
256 0x100 WL1273_IS2_SDOWS_RF (0x1 << 8)
512 0x200 WL1273_IS2_SDOWS_FR (0x2 << 8)
768 0x300 WL1273_IS2_SDOWS_FF (0x3 << 8)
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_TRI_OPT (0x0 << 10)
1024 0x400 WL1273_IS2_TRI_ALWAYS (0x1 << 10)
........
0 0x00 WL1273_IS2_RATE_48K (0x0 << 12)
4096 0x1000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_44_1K (0x1 << 12)
8192 0x2000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_32K (0x2 << 12)
16384 0x4000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_22_05K (0x4 << 12) ?! No 0x3, 0x6-0x7, 0xb-0xe ?
20480 0x5000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_16K (0x5 << 12)
32768 0x8000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_12K (0x8 << 12)
36864 0x9000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_11_025 (0x9 << 12)
40960 0xa000 WL1273_IS2_RATE_8K (0xa << 12)
61440 0xf000 WL1273_IS2_RATE (0xf << 12) Mask
........
0 WL1273_I2S_DEF_MODE WL1273_IS2_WIDTH_32| WL1273_IS2_FORMAT_STD| WL1273_IS2_MASTER| WL1273_IS2_TRI_AFTER_SENDING|
WL1273_IS2_SDOWS_RR| WL1273_IS2_TRI_OPT| WL1273_IS2_RATE_48K
0x20 32 WL1273_POWER_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_POWER_SET_GET
0 WL1273_POWER_SET_OFF FMC_FW_RX_POWER_SET_FM_AND_RDS_OFF
! 0 just seems to mute output. RSSI still responds and all registers remain set.
bit0 0x01 WL1273_POWER_SET_FM FMC_FW_RX_POWER_SET_FM_ON_RDS_OFF
bit1 0x02 WL1273_POWER_SET_RDS ........
bit0|1 0x03 ........ FMC_FW_RX_POWER_SET_FM_AND_RDS_ON
bit4 0x10 WL1273_POWER_SET_RETENTION ........
0x21 33 WL1273_INTX_CONFIG_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_INTX_CONFIG_SET_GET
0x22 34 WL1273_PULL_EN_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_PULL_EN_SET_GET
? Set to 0xff = 255 ?
0x23 35 WL1273_HILO_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_HILO_SET_GET
0 0x0 FM_RX_IFFREQ_TO_HI_SIDE
1 0x1 FM_RX_IFFREQ_TO_LO_SIDE
2 0x2 FM_RX_IFFREQ_HILO_AUTOMATIC
Set to 1 = FM_RX_IFFREQ_TO_LO_SIDE
0x24 36 WL1273_SWITCH2FREF FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_SWITCH_2_FREF_SET
0x25 37 WL1273_FREQ_DRIFT_REPORT FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_FREQ_DRIFT_REPORT_SET TI fmc_fw_defs.h error defines as 0x24
0x28 40 WL1273_PCE_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_PCE_GET
Set to 0x0f = 15
0x29 41 WL1273_FIRM_VER_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_FIRM_VER_GET
Set to 2
0x2a 42 WL1273_ASIC_VER_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_ASIC_VER_GET
Set to 2
0x2b 43 WL1273_ASIC_ID_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_ASIC_ID_GET
Set to 0x1273 = 4723
0x2c 44 WL1273_MAN_ID_GET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_MAN_ID_GET
Set to 0x17 = 23
0x2d 45 WL1273_TUNER_MODE_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_TUNER_MODE_SET
0 TUNER_MODE_STOP_SEARCH FMC_FW_RX_TUNER_MODE_STOP_SEARCH
1 TUNER_MODE_PRESET FMC_FW_RX_TUNER_MODE_PRESET_MODE
2 TUNER_MODE_AUTO_SEEK FMC_FW_RX_TUNER_MODE_AUTO_SEARCH_MODE (AUTONOMOUS)
3 TUNER_MODE_AF FMC_FW_RX_TUNER_MODE_ALTER_FREQ_JUMP
4 TUNER_MODE_AUTO_SEEK_PI ........
5 TUNER_MODE_AUTO_SEEK_BULK ........
0x2e 46 WL1273_STOP_SEARCH FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_STOP_SEARCH
0x2f 47 WL1273_RDS_CNTRL_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_RX_RDS_CNTRL_SET
1 FMC_FW_RX_RDS_FLUSH_FIFO
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Codes 48-51 (0x30-0x33) missing
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0x32 ? Set to 0xC000 = 49152
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0x34 52 WL1273_SOC_INT_TRIGGER
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Code 53 (0x35) missing
Code 54 (0x36) and up are mostly TX, except:
0x57 87 WL1273_RX_ANTENNA_SELECT ........
and the common/CMN values 100-102, 254, 255
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0x36 54 WL1273_TX_AUDIO_INPUT_LEVEL_RANGE_SET
0x37 55 WL1273_CHANL_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_CHANL_SET_GET
freq / 10Khz
7600 0x1db0 76000 WL1273_BAND_TX_LOW
10800 0x2a30 108000 WL1273_BAND_TX_HIGH
0x38 56 WL1273_SCAN_SPACING_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_CHANL_BW_SET_GET
1 WL1273_SPACING_50kHz FMC_FW_TX_CHANNEL_BW_50_KHZ
2 WL1273_SPACING_100kHz FMC_FW_TX_CHANNEL_BW_100_KHZ
4 WL1273_SPACING_200kHz FMC_FW_TX_CHANNEL_BW_200_KHZ
Set to 4 = 200 KHz
1 0x1 FM_CHANNEL_SPACING_50KHZ
2 0x2 FM_CHANNEL_SPACING_100KHZ
4 0x4 FM_CHANNEL_SPACING_200KHZ
0x39 57 WL1273_REF_SET ........
0x3a 58 WL1273_POWER_ATT_SET ........
0x3b 59 WL1273_POWER_LEV_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_POWER_LEVEL_SET_GET
Set to 4
/* Range for TX power level in units for dB/uV */ ! 122-pwr
#define FM_PWR_LVL_LOW 91
#define FM_PWR_LVL_HIGH 122
/* Chip specific default TX power level value */
#define FM_PWR_LVL_DEF 4
0x3c 60 WL1273_AUDIO_DEV_SET ........
0x109 = 265 ?
0x3d 61 WL1273_PILOT_DEV_SET ........
0x1b = 27
0x3e 62 WL1273_RDS_DEV_SET ........
8
0x3f 63 WL1273_AUDIO_IO_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_AUDIO_IO_SET
0 WL1273_AUDIO_IO_SET_ANALOG FMC_FW_TX_AUDIO_IO_SET_ANALOG
1 WL1273_AUDIO_IO_SET_I2S FMC_FW_TX_AUDIO_IO_SET_I2S
0x40 64 WL1273_PREMPH_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_PREMPH_SET_GET
0 FM_TX_PREEMPH_50US FM TX Pre-emphasis filter default ?
1 FM_TX_PREEMPH_OFF
2 FM_TX_PREEMPH_75US
0x41 65 TX_BAND_SET !!??
0x42 66 WL1273_MONO_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_MONO_SET_GET
0 WL1273_TX_MONO
1 WL1273_TX_STEREO
1 by default
0x43 67 WL1273_MPX_LMT_ENABLE
0x44 68 ........ FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_PI_CODE_SET_GET
0x45 69 WL1273_ECC_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_ECC_SET_GET
0x46 70 WL1273_PTY FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_PTY_CODE_SET_GET
0x47 71 WL1273_AF FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_AF_SET_GET
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Code 72 (0x48) missing
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0x49 73 WL1273_TX_AUDIO_LEVEL_TEST_THRESHOLD ........
0x4a 74 WL1273_DISPLAY_MODE FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_PS_DISPLAY_MODE_SET_GET
0 FMC_FW_TX_RDS_PS_DISPLAY_MODE_SCROLL_OFF
1 FMC_FW_TX_RDS_PS_DISPLAY_MODE_SCROLL_ON
0x4d 77 WL1273_RDS_REP_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_REPERTOIRE_SET_GET
0x4e 78 WL1273_TA_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_TA_SET
0x4f 79 WL1273_TP_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_TP_SET
0x50 80 WL1273_DI_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_DI_CODES_SET_GET
0x51 81 WL1273_MS_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_MUSIC_SPEECH_FLAG_SET_GET
0x52 82 WL1273_PS_SCROLL_SPEED FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_PS_SCROLL_SPEED_SET_GET
0x53 83 WL1273_SOC_AUDIO_PATH_SET ........
0x54 84 WL1273_SOC_PCMI_OVERRIDE ........
0x55 85 WL1273_SOC_I2S_OVERRIDE ........
0x56 86 WL1273_I2C_DEV_ADDR_SET ........
default 0x22 = 34 (Nokia: #define RX71_FM_I2C_ADDR 0x22)
0x57 87 WL1273_RX_ANTENNA_SELECT ........
0x58 88 WL1273_REF_ERR_CALIB_PARAM_SET ........
0x0c = 12
0x59 89 WL1273_REF_ERR_CALIB_PERIODICITY_SET ........
0x5a 90 WL1273_POWER_ENB_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_POWER_ENB_SET
0 FMC_FW_TX_POWER_DISABLE
1 FMC_FW_TX_POWER_ENABLE
0x5b 91 WL1273_PUPD_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_POWER_UP_DOWN_SET
0 WL1273_PUPD_SET_OFF FMC_FW_TX_POWER_DOWN
bit0 1 WL1273_PUPD_SET_ON FMC_FW_TX_POWER_UP
bit4 0x10 WL1273_PUPD_SET_RETENTION ........
0x5c 92 WL1273_MUTE FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_MUTE_MODE_SET_GET
0 FMC_FW_TX_UNMUTE
1 FMC_FW_TX_MUTE
0x5d 93 WL1273_PI_SET ........
0x5e 94 WL1273_RDS_DATA_ENB FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_DATA_ENB_SET_GET
0 FMC_FW_TX_RDS_ENABLE_STOP
1 FMC_FW_TX_RDS_ENABLE_START
0x5f 95 WL1273_RSSI_BLOCK_SCAN_FREQ_SET ........
0x60 96 WL1273_TX_AUDIO_LEVEL_TEST ........
0x61 97 WL1273_RSSI_BLOCK_SCAN_START ........
0x62 98 WL1273_RDS_CONFIG_DATA_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_CONFIG_DATA_SET
0x63 99 WL1273_RDS_DATA_SET FMC_FW_OPCODE_TX_RDS_DATA_SET
0x64 100 WL1273_WRITE_HARDWARE_REG FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_HARDWARE_REG_SET_GET
0x65 101 WL1273_CODE_DOWNLOAD FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_CODE_DOWNLOAD
0x66 102 WL1273_RESET FMC_FW_OPCODE_CMN_RESET
0x0f00 = 3840
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Code 103 (0x67) missing
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0x68 104 WL1273_READ_FMANT_TUNE_VALUE ........ TX tuning capacitor value
?
/* FM TX antenna impedence values */
#define FM_TX_ANT_IMP_50 0
#define FM_TX_ANT_IMP_200 1
#define FM_TX_ANT_IMP_500 2
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Codes 105-253 (0x69-0xfd) missing
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0xfe 254 WL1273_FM_POWER_MODE ........
0 FMC_FW_RX_FM_POWER_MODE_DISABLE
1 FMC_FW_RX_FM_POWER_MODE_ENABLE
0xff 255 WL1273_FM_INTERRUPT ........
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?
5 WL1273_RSSI_BLOCK_SCAN_DATA_GET RSSI_BLOCK_SCAN_DATA_GET
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/*
Maximum length of data that may be sent in a single RDS data set command
Once FM FW team removes internal limitations, HCI limitations (much
longer) may apply.
In case a longer RDS data should be sent to the chip, it is divided into
multiple chunks, each chunk being up to FMC_FW_TX_MAX_RDS_DATA_SET_LEN
bytes long
*/
#define FMC_FW_TX_MAX_RDS_DATA_SET_LEN ((FMC_UINT)30)
/*
Defines the max length of data that can be written to FM Hardware register
*/
#define FMC_FW_WRITE_HARDWARE_REG_MAX_DATA_LEN ((FMC_UINT)HCI_CMD_PARM_LEN)
? HCI_CMD_PARM_LEN ?
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Event masks:
bit, 2 hex bytes, (1), (2)
0 0x0001 WL1273_FR_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_FR Tuning Operation Ended
1 0x0002 WL1273_BL_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_BL Band limit was reached during search
2 0x0004 WL1273_RDS_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_RDS RDS data threshold reached in FIFO buffer
3 0x0008 WL1273_BBLK_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_BBLK RDS B block match condition occurred
4 0x0010 WL1273_LSYNC_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_LSYNC RDS sync was lost
5 0x0020 WL1273_LEV_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_LEV RSSI level has fallen below the threshold configured by SEARCH_LVL_SET
6 0x0040 WL1273_IFFR_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_IFFR Received signal frequency is out of range
7 0x0080 WL1273_PI_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_PI RDS PI match occurred
8 0x0100 WL1273_PD_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_PD Audio pause detect occurred
9 0x0200 WL1273_STIC_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_STIC Stereo indication changed
10 0x0400 WL1273_MAL_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_MAL Hardware malfunction
11 0x0800 WL1273_POW_ENB_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_POW_ENB Tx Power Enable/Disable
12 0x1000 WL1273_SCAN_OVER_EVENT FMC_FW_MASK_INVALID_PARAM
13 0x2000 WL1273_ERROR_EVENT !! One of the above is wrong !!
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FM Receiver script
---null set---
FM Transmitter script
---null set---
I think you are doing an awsome job and I really hope that you'll succeded. But the reason why I'm writing this post is to get this thread on the first page again for a while, so maybe more developers will see it, and can contribute !
Good luck!
EDIT: Perhaps it just needs more outstandig title, maybe Unviersal FM radio for android devices with TI WL chips, or something that would get people to read it.
qzem said:
I think you are doing an awsome job and I really hope that you'll succeded. But the reason why I'm writing this post is to get this thread on the first page again for a while, so maybe more developers will see it, and can contribute !
Good luck!
EDIT: Perhaps it just needs more outstandig title, maybe Unviersal FM radio for android devices with TI WL chips, or something that would get people to read it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's already off the first page, LOL.
My plan has been to post a link to this thread in the various existing threads for different devices using the TI FM chips. I'm sure that will get this thread some notice. I think a lot of devs and dev types stick to the forums for their devices and don't look at this general section.
At least there are so many potentially matching keywords in the first 10 posts that google searches on the subject are likely to link here.
I agonized over the thread title name for some time and "TI FM Radio" is best description I could think of, technically at least. I don't know if I can rename the thread, but it might help to put the names of popular devices with TI chips in the title.
As I posted on the Legend thread, I now have an App Inventor app up and running with functionality to tune, scan, change volume and see signal strength. The audio routing is the last major piece of the puzzle, but it may be different on different devices.
I'll spend a few more days at most to try and get audio routing working, and then, whether working or not, I'll post in a few threads looking for further info and people who want to try the app I'm building.
Would be nice to see the RDS and transmitter working soon too.
Regarding merging the bluetooth and FM drivers, TI's solution appears to be what they call a shared transport line discipline driver. The way this should work, each driver has what appears to it to be dedicated access to it's respective core, and the line discipline driver takes care of any queueing or delaying of commands & such that has to happen to keep them from stepping on each others toes.
Oh, and "IP" is "Intellectual Property" in this case. So the core, generally you'd say the WL127x has a wifi core, bluetooth core, etc. and 128x has a gps core as well. An IP core uses a description language (it used to be VHDL) to describe the layout of the core, so for instance if a company wants to build wifi onto their own chip, they can buy use of the IP core from TI instead of having to buy a phyiscal chip and interface to it.
I've got a debian install wedged onto my Droid 2 Global, I'm going to look into the "ti-st" V4L2 FM drivers, and see if I can get a module that will insert. The kernel can't be replaced on D2G yet, but as far as I know if I get a 2.6.32.9 kernel tree, and get ti-st driver to compile under it, I don't see why it shouldn't insert as a module just fine. Also, I'll look REAL closely to see if I can discern how it gets audio out, so I might have an hcitool command or two to add if that pans out.
hwertz said:
Regarding merging the bluetooth and FM drivers, TI's solution appears to be what they call a shared transport line discipline driver. The way this should work, each driver has what appears to it to be dedicated access to it's respective core, and the line discipline driver takes care of any queueing or delaying of commands & such that has to happen to keep them from stepping on each others toes.
Oh, and "IP" is "Intellectual Property" in this case. So the core, generally you'd say the WL127x has a wifi core, bluetooth core, etc. and 128x has a gps core as well. An IP core uses a description language (it used to be VHDL) to describe the layout of the core, so for instance if a company wants to build wifi onto their own chip, they can buy use of the IP core from TI instead of having to buy a phyiscal chip and interface to it.
I've got a debian install wedged onto my Droid 2 Global, I'm going to look into the "ti-st" V4L2 FM drivers, and see if I can get a module that will insert. The kernel can't be replaced on D2G yet, but as far as I know if I get a 2.6.32.9 kernel tree, and get ti-st driver to compile under it, I don't see why it shouldn't insert as a module just fine. Also, I'll look REAL closely to see if I can discern how it gets audio out, so I might have an hcitool command or two to add if that pans out.
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Thanks for the info hwertz .
OK I understand "IP" now; never heard it used in that way to designate blocks on a chip.
Yes I read something about the line discipline. Some block diagrams: http://omappedia.org/wiki/Wilink_ST
If you know of any HCI commands dealing with audio routing, please post or pm whatever info you can share.
So I'd guess your opinion is that the v4l2 api is the best route to support FM radios on Android ? That was among my first thoughts until I saw that there is currently virtually no such support on any Android ROM I've heard of. HCI seems to work fine, but it requires chip specific commands of course.
Clearly though, at least Nokia and TI both are working on efforts to bring V4L2 apis for the TI chip in the embedded linux or Android environments.
I'm not sure how audio routing would be configured on Android when using v4l2 apis. The PC environment requires moving digital data from source to destination. But SOC devices often can move digital or analog data directly and without software support.
FM Transmitting Radius
So I hope this question is not too basic for this forum, but I'm new to it and wonder how large the FM transmitting radius of such a chip might be. I basically just need to get an idea, but of course I'd also be thankful if you can refer me to all sorts of literature, specs, overviews, etc.
Thanks!
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So I hope this question is not too basic for this forum, but I'm new to it and wonder how large the FM transmitting radius of such a chip might be. I basically just need to get an idea, but of course I'd also be thankful if you can refer me to all sorts of literature, specs, overviews, etc.
Thanks!
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This thread is over 2 years old now. The original purpose was to try and find others interested in sharing the undocumented secrets of TI's FM chip.
But after my info dump, nobody showed up to share with me, and likely nobody will, so I will close it after this post.
Any further discussion about FM can move to the Spirit FM thread in my sig.
These chips put out tiny amounts of power in transmit mode, maybe 10-30 milliwatts or so. The only phones I have that transmit have to have their headset cable antenna wrapped around the receiver antenna to get anything resembling decent quality.
So I'd call the transmit radius a few centimetres at most. Little wonder then, perhaps, why so few Android devices support transmit.

[KERNEL] mainlining Manta kernel

Hi,
I'm trying to port kernel 5.x to the Manta device (Nexus 10). The architecture is arm and the soc is exynos5250. I have no problem with drivers support because there are few similar devices already supported in mainline.
Therfore I started a write a device tree and tried to boot it. Nothing happened. Screens stays blank and device seems to be dead.
I'm looking for ideas. I tried a lot of things already . It's very strange because I would have expected a kernel panic and a reboot. It does nothing at all.
Of course I don't have a serial link. For now I use a small ramdisk image that just reboot the system after a 20 seconds sleep.
I'm wondering if there not a compatibility problem with the old bootloader. Please note that I append the dtb to the zImage and I activated the DTB-ATAGS compatibility options.
I fixed the decompressed kernel address (zreladdr) because the default calculation couldn't work.
I was thinking that my kernel image was a bit too big : I increased the original kernel size using zeroed padding and this one still works very well with my ramdisk.
So I'm a bit confused and I don't really know what I could check right now.
Here is the repo : https://github.com/jmarcgit/manta-mainline
You can find there the current dts and the config file I'm 'using.
I'm merging the default exynos config file with mine therefore it discards a lot of useless options in order to reduce the kernel size and does very few adaptations.
Thanks a lot for your support
Hi,
Happy to see that I'm not the only one trying to accomplish that!
I am not surprised that your reboot script does not work. On my config, the kernel boots without panic, but any call to a sleep/wait function freezes the system. Hence you may want to try to reboot the system without delay.
I cannot remember any compatibility issue with the bootloader.
Please note that you can get a serial link using the audio jack, see here: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Serial_debugging:Cable_schematics#Nexus_debug_cable
Then you will have to enable low-level serial (I don't remember the exact name of the kernel option) on TTYSAC2. This has been immensely helpful on my side. Be careful though, as manta uses 1.8V UART.
I will fork your repo to put my config and dts in there as soon as I get some time, so that we can hopefully share, compare and improve our respective progress.
As a follow-up, I ran your configuration on my Manta (I only made the changes to get the serial console and added a missing fixed-clock node in the DTS that made the kernel panic in an early stage, see my fork here https://github.com/alexmrqt/manta-mainline/tree/8bf3528c1f9d9fb5eeb478901a88c495cacf5247).
With that, the device reboots after some times (but it is due to a kernel issue, as I used another ramdisk that is not supposed to do that).
See the kernel console below.
Code:
Starting kernel at 0x40008000...
AST_POWERON..
DEVICEINFO;R32D2042RBF;MANTAMF01;8;08:D4:2B:1F:C7:06;08:D4:2B:1F:C7:05;INFODONE
DTB:0x4021CC48 (0x0000A06D)
C:0x400080E0-0x40226E00->0x40682800-0x408A1520
DTB:0x40897368 (0x0000A1AB)
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
Linux version 5.16.0-rc5-next-20211215 ([email protected]) (armv7-alpine-linux-musleabihf-gcc (Alpine 11.2.1_git20220219) 11.2.1 2022022
CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fc0f4] revision 4 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d
CPU: div instructions available: patching division code
CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, PIPT instruction cache
OF: fdt: Machine model: Samsung Nexus 10 (manta)
printk: bootconsole [earlycon0] enabled
Memory policy: Data cache writealloc
Samsung CPU ID: 0x43520210
Zone ranges:
Normal [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x000000004fffffff]
HighMem empty
Movable zone start for each node
Early memory node ranges
node 0: [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x000000004fffffff]
Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x000000004fffffff]
percpu: Embedded 9 pages/cpu s13136 r0 d23728 u36864
Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 65024
Kernel command line: earlyprintk mem=256M console=ttySAC2,115200n8 PMOS_NO_OUTPUT_REDIRECT s3cfb.bootloaderfb=0x60000000 androidboot5
Unknown kernel command line parameters "PMOS_NO_OUTPUT_REDIRECT", will be passed to user space.
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
Memory: 249628K/262144K available (3072K kernel code, 519K rwdata, 896K rodata, 1024K init, 207K bss, 12516K reserved, 0K cma-reserve)
SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
rcu: Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
rcu: RCU event tracing is enabled.
Trampoline variant of Tasks RCU enabled.
rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 10 jiffies.
NR_IRQS: 16, nr_irqs: 16, preallocated irqs: 16
random: get_random_bytes called from start_kernel+0x374/0x5e4 with crng_init=0
Exynos5250: clock setup completed, armclk=1000000000
Switching to timer-based delay loop, resolution 41ns
clocksource: mct-frc: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 79635851949 ns
sched_clock: 32 bits at 24MHz, resolution 41ns, wraps every 89478484971ns
genirq: irq_chip COMBINER did not update eff. affinity mask of irq 57
arch_timer: cp15 timer(s) running at 24.00MHz (virt).
clocksource: arch_sys_counter: mask: 0xffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x588fe9dc0, max_idle_ns: 440795202592 ns
sched_clock: 56 bits at 24MHz, resolution 41ns, wraps every 4398046511097ns
Ignoring duplicate/late registration of read_current_timer delay
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 48.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=240000)
pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
CPU0: Spectre v2: firmware did not set auxiliary control register IBE bit, system vulnerable
/cpus/[email protected] missing clock-frequency property
/cpus/[email protected] missing clock-frequency property
CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
cblist_init_generic: Setting adjustable number of callback queues.
cblist_init_generic: Setting shift to 1 and lim to 1.
Setting up static identity map for 0x40100000 - 0x40100060
rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
CPU1: failed to boot: -110
smp: Brought up 1 node, 1 CPU
SMP: Total of 1 processors activated (48.00 BogoMIPS).
CPU: All CPU(s) started in SVC mode.
devtmpfs: initialized
clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 1911
Hi Alex,
you did a great step forward ! I definately missed the serial cable.
Do you still work on it ? I think we are close to get it stable now.
Hi Marc,
Yes, I still work on it from time to time.
I got some nice progress since my last post:
- All CPUs now boot (a secure-firmware node was missing)
- WiFi now works
- Access to MMC partitions now works
- USB gadget works, but only when booting via fastboot (which suggests that something prevents the kernel to properly initialize the chip).
No luck getting the display to work so far
I just updated my repo with the last DTS and defconfig I use.
FYI, I do my tests with postmarketos (which allows me to test "advanced" features such as WiFi).
Hi Alex,
that's really great progress...
Does the backlight work ?
I don't have much time now.
Hi Marc,
Good news, I got the screen to work (as well as other things: battery, USB, touchscreen).
The bad news is that it requires some patches to the kernel code.
I included the patches (generated against kernel 6.1.4 from kernel.org) in the "patch" folder here - > https://github.com/alexmrqt/manta-mainline/tree/f4c38a7867f4e0e7481b71f96a0d0b4116b41c0f

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