pmbootstrap 3.0.0 uses GPT partition table by default, which breaks booting
on all the devices using the lk2nd bootloader. The current version of lk2nd
supports GPT only for the eMMC, while subpartitions and SD cards must be
partitioned with MBR. GPT support was present in the legacy branch of
lk2nd, but was dropped at some point because of poor code quality.
Fix the regression for now by reverting back to the old msdos (MBR)
partition table. We can revert this again later when lk2nd restores support
for GPT.
Generated with
$ for d in $(grep -R linux-postmarketos-qcom-msm8916 | grep -Eo 'device-[^/]+' | sort -u); do \
echo -e '\n# lk2nd does not support GPT for subpartitions/SD cards yet\ndeviceinfo_partition_type="msdos"' \
>> device/*/$d/deviceinfo && pmbootstrap checksum $d && pmbootstrap pkgver_bump $d; done
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[ci:skip-build]: bug in CI prevents build testing armv7 and aarch64, so
Clayton did the test locally for those archs
This cmdline argument is now a no-op. Drop it everywhere and add a new
CI check to enforce this.
Adjust the deprecated "minimal" initramfs variant to use
pmos.debug-shell to enable logging instead. It doesn't /support/
dropping to a shell, so the variable takes on a different meaning. But
that's ok since it's at least more consistent.
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Signed-off-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb@postmarketos.org>
Tweaked-by: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>
[ci:skip-build]: kernel builds are very likely to go through now
Now as boot-deploy allows us to generate both boot.img and extlinux.conf
at the same time, enable generating the config for all msm8916 since it
will be used in the future lk2nd release. boot.img is still kept to keep
compatibility with current lk2nd releases and to allow system recovery
with fastboot when required.
[ci:skip-build] already built successfully in CI
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[ci:skip-vercheck] needed for the postmarketos-ui-* packages in this
series
[ci:skip-build] already built ui-* packages in CI, and device pacakges
are just trivial deviceinfo change (manually built some just to verify)
The Huawei Ascend G7 is based on Qualcomm MSM8916 and therefore makes
use of linux-postmarketos-qcom-msm8916 as a close-to-mainline kernel.
Initially supported features:
- USB
- Storage (eMMC, SD card)
- Display
- Touchscreen, Buttons, Vibrator
- Notification LED
- WiFi/Bluetooth
- Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Proximity
- Audio
- NFC
The modem needs more work to work around strange Huawei firmware mess.
Note that the Huawei shipped an outdated firmware version that does
not support booting aarch64 kernels (like used in this device port).
However, the device does not verify firmware signatures so it is
possible to flash firmware from other devices. This is mostly
described in the wiki, but unfortunately it's quite complex.
However, the aarch64 version of linux-postmarketos-qcom-msm8916
receives much more testing so I would like to avoid adding more
armv7 MSM8916 devices unless absolutely necessary.
For pointercal:
Screen dimension 720x1280
Touchscreen dimension (reported by evtest) 1100x1900
720/1100*65536 = ~42896
1280/1900*65536 = ~44151
Offset doesn't seem to be needed.
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Stephan Gerhold