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Adrian Schmutzler ad3e1f9db4 base-files: fwtool: implement compatibility check for images
We regularly encounter the situation that devices are subject to
changes that will make them incompatible to previous versions.
Removing SUPPORTED_DEVICES will not really be helpful in most of these
cases, as this only helps after a rename.

To solve this situation, this patchset introduces a compatibility
version for devices. In this patch, the actual checks are implemented
into fwtool_check_image():

If an incompatible change is introduced, one can increase either
the minor version (1.0->1.1) or the major version (1.0->2.0).

Minor version increment:
This will still allow sysupgrade, but require to reset config
(-n or SAVE_CONFIG=0). If sysupgrade is called without -n, a
corresponding message will be printed. If sysupgrade is called
with -n, it will just pass, with supported devices being checked
as usual. (Which will allow us to add back SUPPORTED_DEVICES for
many cases.)

Major version increment:
This is meant for potential (rare) cases where sysupgrade is
not possible at all, because it would break the device.
In this case, a warning will be printed, and -n won't help.

If image check fails because of one of the versions parts not
matching, the content of DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE is printed in
addition to the generic message (if set).

For both cases, upgrade can still be forced with -F as usual.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
2020-07-31 11:40:15 +02:00
.github build: Update README & github help 2018-07-08 09:41:53 +01:00
config build: add option to mark devices as BROKEN 2020-07-30 21:49:07 +02:00
include build: add DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION and DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE 2020-07-31 11:40:15 +02:00
package base-files: fwtool: implement compatibility check for images 2020-07-31 11:40:15 +02:00
scripts build: add option to mark devices as BROKEN 2020-07-30 21:49:07 +02:00
target ramips: add support for JS76x8 series DEV boards 2020-07-31 11:40:15 +02:00
toolchain toolchain: add PKG_RELEASE if local files 2020-07-29 17:13:51 +02:00
tools tools/mkimage: create .itb file with read-access for group,other not just owner. 2020-07-23 14:25:10 -04:00
.gitattributes add .gitattributes to prevent the git autocrlf option from messing with CRLF/LF in files 2012-05-08 13:30:49 +00:00
.gitignore build: improve ccache support 2020-07-11 15:19:53 +02:00
BSDmakefile add missing copyright header 2007-02-26 01:05:09 +00:00
Config.in merge: base: update base-files and basic config 2017-12-08 19:41:18 +01:00
feeds.conf.default feeds: add freifunk feed 2020-06-24 14:58:17 +02:00
LICENSE finally move buildroot-ng to trunk 2016-03-20 17:29:15 +01:00
Makefile build: improve ccache support 2020-07-11 15:19:53 +02:00
README build: switch to Python 3 2019-07-26 08:09:16 +02:00
rules.mk build: improve ccache support 2020-07-11 15:19:53 +02:00

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