medion-kai: new device

Re arch: will do! But since I want to be a good scout and leave the wiki better than I found it, can you please comment on why the wiki recommends to do what I did? I'm referring to

If the output is armv7l, for example, you should use armhf as your device architecture.

I think this needs some more explanation in the wiki for new users.

Re brackets: will do! But similar comment: those brackets are copy-pasted from the wiki or generated from the new APKBUILD template. I can change the wiki if that's OK with you, but I wouldn't know where/how to edit the template.

Re kernel config: My kernel config is based on the one I pulled from the vendor's ROM via adb - I'll add that as a comment.

By red-black-bonsai on 2020-01-09T10:43:30

changed the description

By red-black-bonsai on 2020-01-09T10:40:00

Thanks for clarifying! I've updated both wiki pages I had linked to - you may want to check for correctness.

I've addressed the other failed CI checks and I'm currently rebuilding and testing, that may take a bit.

By red-black-bonsai on 2020-01-09T14:45:36

added category::device + 1 deleted label

changed title from Medion lifetab s9714 to medion-lifetab: new device

By Bart Ribbers on 2020-01-09T14:42:46

@PureTryOut OK, I'll squash - what's with disallowing automatic squashing by GitLab via linting and then doing it manually? What's the difference / what do I need to pay attention to?

I'll add a sentence about the desired commit message to the git workflow page on the wiki when I'm at home again.

Re codename: I'm happy to rename it - but what happens if someone else with another lifetab board comes along and wants to add their device as well? Wouldn't there be a name clash? (This device is slightly complicated in that the vendor is not the manufacturer and probably bought boards from various manufacturers for the same brand name.)

By red-black-bonsai on 2020-01-09T17:17:45

Are there more lifetab models?

There seems to be about a sh*t-ton of them - here are just the ones currently on sale - all with rather cryptic model numbers. Medion also (re-)sell TVs, laptops, and PCs (and deep fryers, apparently). It seems they have a two-part naming system: The name (Lifetab, Life, Akoya, Erazer) indicates the type of device and the number specifies the model.

Then it probably should be device-medion-s9714 instead.

I guess that could be done, though I hope to god they aren't re-using those model numbers across device types. I'd be a little more comfortable leaving Lifetab in the name, also because I imagine that's what people would search for. But it's a mouthful, admittedly.

By red-black-bonsai on 2020-01-09T20:07:23