While at it, also remove unnecessary "#!/usr/bin/env python3" in files
that only get imported, and adjust other empty/comment lines in the
beginnings of the files for consistency.
This makes files easier to read, and makes the pmbootstrap codebase more
consistent with the build.postmarketos.org codebase.
asus-me176c has a Fastboot interface that can be used for flashing,
but in postmarketOS we do not use Android boot images for it.
This is because is it not very practical - the boot partition is
quite small and there is a (custom) EFI bootloader that can boot
directly from any other FAT32 partition.
At the moment the installation process is manual:
1. pmbootstrap install --split to have separated boot (FAT32)
and rootfs images
2. pmbootstrap export
3. Flash boot and rootfs images manually using Fastboot
The "fastboot-bootpart" flasher implements that process in a more
convenient way. When a device uses the "fastboot-bootpart" flasher:
- We generate --split images on "pmbootstrap install" by default.
(This can be disabled using --no-split instead.)
- pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel flashes the raw boot partition
(not an Android boot image) using Fastboot, just like the rootfs.
There are some limitations that could be improved in the future:
- "fastboot-bootpart" is not offered in the device wizard.
I think it is special enough that no-one will be starting with it,
and the difference to normal "fastboot" might be confusing.
- Support "pmbootstrap flasher boot". asus-me176c does not support
"fastboot boot" properly, but theoretically we could still generate
Android boot images to use when booting an image directly.
- At the moment the boot partition image is not regenerated when
using "pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel" (unlike when using Android
boot images). "pmbootstrap install" needs to be run manually first.
This reverts commit 6fb5b28e2f.
The -i option was removed from fastboot, so we can't use it anymore
unless we fork the package. There was only one device using it,
amazon-thor. I will add a note to the wiki page.
Fixes#1830.
This adds flasher support for uuu, a utility used by NXP devices for
flashing images.
The flasher expects a uuu command list script to be installed in the
device rootfs at /usr/share/uuu/flash_script.lst.
Allow changing the kernel partition for fastboot and heimdall in
deviceinfo and on the fly while doing "pmbootstrap flasher
flash_kernel". Also allow changing the partition for
"... flash_rootfs" with fastboot (this was only possible with
heimdall so far).
Introduce two new deviceinfo variables:
* flash_fastboot_partition_kernel
* flash_fastboot_partition_system
This is useful for devices with dual partitioning that have boot_a
and boot_b.
* Allow to specify a custom username in "pmbootstrap init"
* Build chroots have "pmos" instead of "user" as username now
* Installation user UID is 1000 now (as in all other Linux distributions)
* Adjust autologins
* postmarketos-base: enable wheel group for sudo, removed previous sudoers file
* Implement safe upgrade path:
We save the version of the work folder format now, in $WORK/version.
When this file does not exist, it defaults to 0.
In case it does not match the currently required version
(pmb.config.work_version), then ask the user if it should
automatically be upgraded.
