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[rantanplan]

@neo
The content is already clear.

On the one hand, the working boot version is always my top priority.
The users didn't miss it in this forum and liked their VU+ just the way it is.

So now they're being forced to change their ways, even though it's not coming from VU+.

On the other hand, the acceptance of commits that not only make it necessary to check the construction, and also the flash image, is not so easy.

@
littlesat's statement

I cannot simply forward this PR because I cannot control it.
This should really only be done by people who have tested it on their own VU+ box.

Something is being changed on the boot here.
This is something different than any other .bb
 

[Ev0]

@neo
The content is already clear.

On the one hand, the working boot version is always my top priority.
The users didn't miss it in this forum and liked their VU+ just the way it is.

So now they're being forced to change their ways, even though it's not coming from VU+.

On the other hand, the acceptance of commits that not only make it necessary to check the construction, and also the flash image, is not so easy.

@
littlesat's statement

I cannot simply forward this PR because I cannot control it.
This should really only be done by people who have tested it on their own VU+ box.

Something is being changed on the boot here.
This is something different than any other .bb
 

Nobody is forced to change anything.

You (the end user) has the option to enable it or not.

If you do not enable, then the image is the same as it always was, except it will show 1 new option (to enable multiboot), if you don't select that new option then nothing has changed.

[neo]

So now they're being forced to change their ways, even though it's not coming from VU+.

 

No, there are not. There is nothing multiboot in the standard image. You need to manually enable "multiboot mode" if you want to use it.
 

[Dimitrij]

What I would like to add is the auto removal after boot /usr/bin/kernel_auto.bin &/usr/bin/STARTUP.cpio.gz , if the slot is not recovery(slot 0).

[Dimitrij]

[FlashImage] add support more images

 

This requires discussion.

 

For me it is very convenient, in the presence of a multiboot.

[Tech]

install: cannot stat '/home/andre/openpli/oe/develop/build/tmp/work/vuultimo4k-oe-linux-gnueabi/vuplus-kexec/1.0-r1/vuplus-kexec-vuultimo4k/STARTUP_cpio.bin': No such file or directory

Still something wrong with the workdir for kexec, the files are located one directory 'lower' , I copied both bin files to the vuplus-kexec-vuultimo4k folder in the workdir and the build succeeded.....

 

Still weird cause the recipe points to the right workdir.....

[Abu Baniaz]

Being able to select different image teams to flash is very useful even for non-multiboot receivers.

Edited by Abu Baniaz, 5 April 2023 - 18:17.

[neo]

install: cannot stat '/home/andre/openpli/oe/develop/build/tmp/work/vuultimo4k-oe-linux-gnueabi/vuplus-kexec/1.0-r1/vuplus-kexec-vuultimo4k/STARTUP_cpio.bin': No such file or directory

Still something wrong with the workdir for kexec, the files are located one directory 'lower' , I copied both bin files to the vuplus-kexec-vuultimo4k folder in the workdir and the build succeeded.....

 

Still weird cause the recipe points to the right workdir.....

 

 

Might be a PR issue? You can try a bitbake clean <package> to check....

[Huevos]

[FlashImage] add support more images

 

This requires discussion.

 

For me it is very convenient, in the presence of a multiboot.

 

 

We have had similar for a long time and it is very simple now we all follow the same json download system.

https://github.com/O...ager.py#L79-L86

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Edited by Huevos, 5 April 2023 - 18:52.

[Dimitrij]

SRC_URI = " \
	file://kernel_auto.bin \
	file://STARTUP_cpio.bin \
"

S="${WORKDIR}/vuplus-kexec-${MACHINE}"

do_install() {
	install -d ${D}${bindir}
	install -m 0755 ${S}/kernel_auto.bin ${D}${bindir}/kernel_auto.bin
	install -m 0755 ${S}/STARTUP_cpio.bin ${D}${bindir}/STARTUP.cpio.gz

Maybe this SRC_URI wrong?

[littlesat]

Regarding this one [FlashImage] add support more images I prefer that an url is arranged where you simply can pickup a list with more alternatives…. not this way. I think this shoukd be done differently eg having the list of urls where you can select Nine as default and then one of the listed and an option to add text…

Edited by littlesat, 5 April 2023 - 19:59.

[Tech]

I think I've to clean my build environment, the workdir "${WORKDIR}/vuplus-kexec-${MACHINE}" (in my case the machine is vuultimo4k) does exist but the two bin files are not copied to the correct folder....

[neo]

@Dimitrij, @Tech: Issue fixed.

Edited by neo, 5 April 2023 - 20:05.

[Dimitrij]

@Dimitrij, @Tech: Issue fixed.

Thanks

[littlesat]

I like dimatrij’s selector more… just select None, one or all… but it would be helpfull to still be able to enter at leas one manually (eg for your local build server). So none, all, select one and manually (when you choose manually you just have the manuall one as extra field….’maybe also add all+manually)

I’m happy that finally the others also choose for the Json standard.

Edited by littlesat, 5 April 2023 - 20:17.

[cobus]

When will the first version be ready to try?

[dpeddi]

Sorry for late reply:

 

Where do the binaries come from?

There are no original binaries.

 

 

https://forums.openp...dpost&p=1529427

 

The binary were generated on an openbh 5.1 build system.

I've added the recipes to meta-local, then patched the linux-kernel bb and defconfig for the 4k boxes. (oe-a.patch applied to meta-oe-alliance)

The build procedure is tricky and time consuming.. 

 

I'm not a master of bitbake so maybe someone could integrate better in the build system.

However basic instruction are in the readme.

 

- The kernel is a normal kernel with just liked an initrd with embedded kexec and the init script that do some magic..

- STARTUP.initrd.gz is just an initrd with busybox and another init script that do some other magic..

[WanWizard]

When will the first version be ready to try?

 

I will restart the develop build in a minute. So when that build is finished .
 

[Tech]

I like the addition it's a lot easier to play around with my main box

 

I cleaned my build environment and everything is building fine now.

[littlesat]

So we merge it also for 8.3?