[Gta04-owner] QtMoko v41

Sun Mar 11 20:05:58 CET 2012

Am 11.03.2012 um 19:36 schrieb Michele Brocco:

> Hi,
> 
> I tested the NAND version and it works! My feeling is also that it is
> a bit faster. I am just trying to launch qtmoko from SD now through
> boot menu but it looks for an img1.rbg16z. And it is not able to find
> or load any. I tried to cp another rbg16z file as img1.rbgz16z but it
> still says:
> 
> ** Unable to read "img2.rgb16" from mmc 0:1 **
> reading img2.rgb16z
> MMC: block number 0x1000090d exceeds max(0x762000)
> MMC: block number 0x80040972 exceeds max(0x762000)
> MMC: block number 0x1000865 exceeds max(0x762000)
> 
> ** Unable to read "img2.rgb16z" from mmc 0:1 **
> NAND read: device 0 offset 0x1d0000, size 0x40000
> 262144 bytes read: OK
> Error: Bad gzipped data
> 
> When I do not start it from boot menu the sd version is loaded but the
> kernel loaded is not the one from the SD card is it seems.

Which u-boot/bootscr pair did you use?

> 
> Regards and thanks for your work!
> 
> Michele
> 
> On 3/11/12, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>> Hi Radek,
>> great work!
>> 
>> I tried to test it but I get a kernel image CRC error (at least with the
>> version in /boot/uImage in the .tgz).
>> 
>> Can you please cross-check?
>> 
>> BR,
>> Nikolaus
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Am 10.03.2012 um 22:42 schrieb Radek Polak:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> QtMoko v41 for your Phoenux is now ready for download [1].
>>> 
>>> List of changes since v40:
>>> 
>>> * gsm-voice-routing has highest -20 priority
>>> * gsm-voice-routing gained led indicators
>>> * gsm-voice-routing walkie talkie algorithm was improved
>>> * Disabled UMTS on GTA04 to workaround disconnect problem
>>> * Low level modem LED indicators
>>> * Added support for oFono telephony backend
>>> * NAND images
>>> * Wifi is manually turned on when running from devtmpfs
>>> * Removed udev from init again (using devtmps for fast boot)
>>> * GTA04 kernel is built with nodebug options
>>> * RED led is turned off when QtMoko starts
>>> * Build without unnecessary tools (Yann Dirson)
>>> * Disable forced Qt rebuilds (Yann Dirson)
>>> * NeronGPS compiles on 64bit (Yann Dirson)
>>> * Fixes in translations (Yann Dirson)
>>> * Newer v4l headers (Yann Dirson)
>>> * fixed black screen in settings for locked mode
>>> * /media/card is now FAT on /dev/mmcblk0p3
>>> * better description for ringtones settings icon
>>> 
>>> The main work was still on telephony, because it's not yet perfect.
>>> 
>>> I am now using walkie talkie echo reduction. While you are
>>> speaking/listening
>>> the playback/recording is now completely suppressed - so theoretically
>>> there
>>> should be no echo at all.
>>> 
>>> The voice routing program has now diagnostics on AUX led. When the program
>>> 
>>> starts it starts slow blinking RED/GREEN until it successfully reads from
>>> UMTS
>>> sound card. Then it signals RED when walkie talkie algorithm thinks that
>>> you
>>> are speaking and GREEN when listening.
>>> 
>>> Similar diagnostics is added to modem drivers (for both oFono and
>>> QtMoko's).
>>> When the modem notifies new call it starts blinking GREEN on POWER led.
>>> The
>>> blinking works also in suspend and stops when you check missed calls.
>>> 
>>> I was trying to address the problem when modem disconnects on USB [2].
>>> Previous fix that was trying to reopen modem tty after few seconds did not
>>> work
>>> for some reason. I can see that it opens the tty (and also lsof shows it's
>>> 
>>> open), but there were no data coming. So i tried my theory that it
>>> disconnects
>>> only on UMTS. Now i am sending AT_OPSYS=0,2 on modem init. It would be
>>> nice if
>>> you could try it and report if you still see modem usb disconnects. If
>>> this
>>> wont work we need to find another way how to fix this.
>>> 
>>> Nikolaus: do you have any info how modem firmware upgrading works? Is any
>>> special hardware required?
>> 
>> I am still working on clear answers.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Since this release you can use oFono for telephony. It was done in less
>>> then 9
>>> days. So if you don't like funky Qtopia AT commands you can use oFono ;-)
>>> or
>>> FSO. All of them are now supported. To use ofono you need to do:
>>> 
>>> 	update-rc.d udev defaults
>>> 	apt-get update
>>> 	apt-get install ofono
>>> 
>>> Now edit /opt/qtmoko/qpe.env and change QTOPIA_PHONE=oFono
>>> You can also set it to Fso or anytime back to AT (it's case sensitive).
>>> Btw
>>> oFono can be now used only for calls. I havent managed to get SMS working
>>> yet.
>>> 
>>> You can now also quite easily install QtMoko to NAND:
>>> 
>>> 1/ boot from SD card
>>> 2/ download qtmoko-debian-gta04-v41.jffs2 and uImage-for-jffs2-v41.bin
>>> 3/ apt-get install mtd-utils
>>> 4/ flash it to NAND:
>>> 
>>> 	flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3
>>> 	nandwrite -p /dev/mtd3 uImage-for-jffs2-v41.bin
>>> 
>>> 	flash_eraseall /dev/mtd4
>>> 	nandwrite -p /dev/mtd4 qtmoko-debian-gta04-v41.jffs2
>>> 
>>> For me NAND is much much faster then SD card. It boots in 40s without any
>>> optimizations. Even telephony is lightning fast compared to SD - taking
>>> and
>>> hanging calls is immediate. It can be because i have class 2 SD card with
>>> big
>>> rootfs now...
>>> 
>>> Last thing is updated kernel (latest NeilBrown's). It boots faster, wakes
>>> in
>>> 1s and is generally much faster.
>>> 
>>> It would be nice if we could make telephony rock stable. I am now using
>>> GTA04
>>> for about month as my main phone. It's usable, but far from perfect. The
>>> main
>>> problem was/is? the USB disconnects - i sometimes get to the state where i
>>> 
>>> cant dial/receive call and need reboot.
>>> 
>>> So enjoy and report bugs or success.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Radek
>>> 
>>> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/
>>> [2]
>>> http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2012-February/001563.html
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