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docs: update chroot/debugging/usage (MR 2469)


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Tweaked-by: default avatarOliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>
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Chroot
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chroot (short for "change root") is a system call and command that changes the apparent root directory.
This can come in very handy to make some modifications in the generated image file.
Enter the armhf building chroot:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap chroot -b armhf
Run a command inside a chroot:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap chroot -- echo test
Safely delete all chroots:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap zap
Use ``chroot`` to install a specific kernel version from an apk file.
copy your working kernel apk to the chroot dir of pmbootstrap:
.. code-block:: shell
$ sudo cp /path/of/linux-kernel.apk ~/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_oneplus-enchilada/
enter chroot
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap chroot -r
and install the package:
.. code-block:: shell
$ apk add linux-kernel.apk
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Debugging
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pmbootstrap writes all log output and each shell command it runs to log.txt inside the work dir.
Use the following command to follow the log in a second terminal:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap log
Use ``-v`` on any action to get verbose logging:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap -v build hello-world
Parse a package from an APKINDEX and return it as JSON:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap apkindex_parse $WORK/cache_apk_x86_64/APKINDEX.8b865e19.tar.gz hello-world
``ccache`` statistics:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap stats --arch=armhf
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installation
usage
chroot
debugging
api/modules
mirrors
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$ pmbootstrap pull
Quick health check and config overview:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap status
After successfully finishing the ``init`` sequence with answering all questions, its time to build the
installation:
Devices like the PinePhone, Samsung Galaxy S II, Nokia N900, various laptops etc. can boot from an SD card, USB stick or other external storage. Find the name with lsblk first and make sure it is the right one as you will overwrite everything on it. Use a path without partition number at the end, such as /dev/mmcblk0. If your device is able to boot from SD card without flashing anything (such as the PinePhone), you should then be able to insert SD card into your device and boot it up.
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk... --fde
For devices where you will flash directly to the internal storage, as mostly all sdm845 devices, you can build the installation as:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap install
or with full disk encryption:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap install --fde
and then flash it with the ``pmbootstrap flasher`` while the device is in ``fastboot`` mode:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs
and also the kernel:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
For getting images on the local machine instead of directly flashing them, execute:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap export
To extract the generated initramfs:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap initfs extract
Build and flash Android recovery zip:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
$ pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload
Update existing installation on SD card:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap install --disk=/dev/mmcblk0 --rsync
Run the image in QEMU:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap qemu --image-size=1G
**Device Porting Assistance**
Analyze Android boot.img files (also works with recovery OS images like TWRP):
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap bootimg_analyze ~/Downloads/twrp-3.2.1-0-fp2.img
Check kernel configs:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap kconfig check
Edit a kernel config:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pmbootstrap kconfig edit
For further details on the different actions please see below and refer to the wiki-arcticle on `pmbootstrap`_.
.. autoprogram:: pmb.parse:get_parser()
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