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fastboot fails to do anything because of -i option

    • Closed Imported Issue created by Administrator @root

    !857 (merged) introduced flash_fastboot_vendor_id, which adds -i option to fastboot's args. The problem is that -i option got removed in https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/f3192bd05231eb6d1c9307885c5400494e38527f%5E%21/ so pmbootstrap can't flash anything on devices that use fastboot. Error message is:

    (022844) [13:06:10] (native) % fastboot -i flash userdata /home/pmos/rootfs/lg-hammerhead.img
fastboot: unrecognized option: i

    There are two solutions:

    1. revert 6fb5b28e (might break flashing on amazon-thor)
    2. package older version of android-tools and use it if flash_fastboot_vendor_id is set (harder, but doesn't break anything)
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    • Administrator
      Administrator @root · Imported
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      If we cannot test flashing on amazon-thor, we cannot reliably go with method 1. If we can, and it does not break flashing, then method 1 is fine

      If we can't, OR it breaks the best would be method 2 :disappointed:

      By Alexey Min on 2019-09-26T14:43:07

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    • Administrator
      Administrator @root · Imported
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      @steamport, you are the one who created port for amazon-thor in the first place, can you test if you can flash kernel without -i arg?

      By Dolphin von Chips on 2019-09-26T12:09:55

      Edited by Administrator
    • Administrator mentioned in commit 1d52f43c · Imported

      mentioned in commit 1d52f43c

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-26T20:46:53

    • Administrator
      Administrator @root · Imported
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      Let's do the easy fix and stop using -i. If somebody shows up who is actually using amazon-thor with postmarketOS (because @steamport has been inactive for quite some time), and they figure out that it does not work anymore, we can fix it for that device. The best fix would be convincing fastboot upstream, that the flag is still required, and patching it back in. Second best solution would be reverting the patch just in Alpine's fastboot package.

      I'm preparing the related changes.

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-26T20:49:46

    • Administrator mentioned in commit 7b8dc01d · Imported

      mentioned in commit 7b8dc01d

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-26T20:56:04

    • Administrator mentioned in commit pmaports@b6deac3f · Imported

      mentioned in commit pmaports@b6deac3f

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-26T21:02:25

    • Administrator closed via merge request !1818 (merged) · Imported

      closed via merge request !1818 (merged)

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-26T21:02:31

    • Administrator mentioned in commit wiki@56cc1338 · Imported

      mentioned in commit wiki@56cc1338

      By postmarketOS Wiki bot on 2019-09-26T21:43:11

      • Administrator
        Administrator @root · Imported
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        Potentially a user error, but was told to note this here:

        OK: 265 MiB in 64 packages
(000300) [02:44:57] (native) % apk --no-progress add android-tools
OK: 265 MiB in 64 packages
(000300) [02:44:57] (native) % apk --no-progress del .pmbootstrap
(1/1) Purging .pmbootstrap (20190928.094453)
OK: 265 MiB in 63 packages
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mkdir -p /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/bus/usb/devices/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mount --bind /sys/bus/usb/devices/ /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/bus/usb/devices/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mkdir -p /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/dev/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mount --bind /sys/dev/ /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/dev/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mkdir -p /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/devices/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mount --bind /sys/devices/ /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/sys/devices/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mkdir -p /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/bus/usb/
(000300) [02:44:58] % sudo mount --bind /dev/bus/usb/ /home/chelsea/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/bus/usb/
(000300) [02:44:58] (native) % fastboot -c  boot /mnt/rootfs_rockchip-rk3126/boot/boot.img-rockchip-rk3126
fastboot: unrecognized option: c

        New port returns this error on latest commit (966d1a6d).

        By rendeko on 2019-09-28T13:14:42

        Edited by Ghost User
      • Administrator
        Administrator @root · Imported
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        I'm afraid that -c got removed too, but this is can be fixed if we change -c to --cmdline in pmb/config/__init__.py at line 355. Perhaps creating a new issue? Might as well look at changelog to see what else is removed.

        By Dolphin von Chips on 2019-09-28T13:18:00

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      • Administrator
        Administrator @root · Imported
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        Thanks for reporting, and for pointing me at the fix!

        I've submitted the recommended change as !1819 (merged) and tested that it works with lg-mako. I am not sure if there even are changelogs, fastboot is just maintained as part of that bigger repository...

        But I did write to the author of that patch and suggested to make future changes backwards compatible (i.e. keep -c instead of removing it). Maybe that helps.

        By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-29T22:36:32

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      mentioned in issue #1831 (closed)

      By Oliver Smith on 2019-09-29T18:17:15

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