a mechanism to make the snap kernel updrade failed

[Nicolino Curalli]

Hi all,
any suggestion or hint about this?


Cheers
Nicolino

Il 28/03/2017 11:32, Nicolino Curalli ha scritto:
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> Hi all,
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> we are testing the our kernel snap (Linux4.9) for a orangepi plus 2e board.
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> We use the example showed at https://github.com/snapcore/pi3-gadget/blob/master/prebuilt/uboot.env.in for configuring u-boot to support the kernel update.
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> This is the code that we use for configuring uboot to support the kernel update:
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> snappy_boot=if test "${snap_mode}" = "try"; then setenv snap_mode "trying"; saveenv; if test "${snap_try_core}" != ""; then setenv snap_core "${snap_try_core}"; fi; if test "${snap_try_kernel}" != ""; then setenv snap_kernel "${snap_try_kernel}"; fi; elif test "${snap_mode}" = "trying"; then setenv snap_mode ""; saveenv; fi; run loadfiles; setenv mmcroot "/dev/disk/by-label/writable ${snappy_cmdline} snap_core=${snap_core} snap_kernel=${snap_kernel}"; run mmcargs; bootz ${kernel_addr} ${initrd_addr}:${initrd_size} ${fdt_addr}
> snappy_cmdline=net.ifnames=0 init=/lib/systemd/systemd ro panic=-1 fixrtc
> snappy_mode=regular
> snappy_trial_boot=0
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> This is the starting point.
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> 1) is it the correct way to get to declare u-boot boot.cmd  and setting for first gadget deploy? what are the defconfig to use? U-boot version? patch to apply to u-boot code?
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> We already tested successful upgrade of the kernel snap.
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> Now our goal is the possibility to simulate or provocate a failed upgrade for kernel snap.
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> 2) Any suggestions on how to trigger this situation?
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> PS: some other question about u-boot configuration:
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> 3) we don't find documentation about snap_ variable usage: it seem that the glue between this type of variable and update process is some action made by snapd;
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>    Where could we find this mechanism in the code or other place - e.g test ?
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> Thanks in advance for any help.
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> Cheers,
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> Nicolino
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