dd|gzip runs backgrounded while the installer prints compressed MB
every few seconds (old busybox dd has no status=progress); dd's exit
status is captured through a file so a device read failure is not
masked by gzip succeeding on truncated input.
Newer factory firmware (2024) has no /factory/imgN mounts and a
read-only rootfs, so slot probing and post-write verification mount
under /tmp, with the active slot read from the running root. The
target-slot unmount sweeps /proc/mounts (older firmware DOES mount the
slots). A failed ffboot download keeps an existing /data/ffboot
instead of aborting, so a local-.fw install works fully offline.
install-forgefirm.sh is now single-stage and never repartitions: run
from factory firmware, it archives every factory slot version plus the
recovery boot partitions to /data/forgefirm/archive (manifest with
md5s), verifies the signed forgefirm.fw against the embedded ForgeFIRM
pubkey (raw 32-byte form for the factory's fwup 0.14.2; dev key until
the production key ceremony), applies it to the INACTIVE slot with the
factory's own fwup, post-verifies the written rootfs, installs
/data/ffboot, and flips the saved env with read-back verification. The
booted factory slot stays installed and bootable; /data is untouched
beyond the archive. Fixed release asset name forgefirm.fw (version in
the fwup metadata and release tag).
slotmigrate (new recipe, rcS before mountall) reclaims the legacy
layout on eMMC-slot boots: deletes p4, grows p3 to the end of the
disk (sfdisk + partx BLKPG - works with a sibling partition as root),
then e2fsck+resize2fs. Every step is keyed off the actual disk state,
so interrupted runs resume and factory-layout disks are a no-op; SD
boots never touch the eMMC.
install-forgefirm.sh completed silently broken when the download, flash
write, mount or uEnv rewrite failed - add die() checks around every
critical step (audit N13/M12) and download the release asset under the
exact Scarthgap artifact name (forgefirm-image-glowforge.rootfs.wic.gz)
so uploads need no renaming. ffboot no longer depends on the never-
provisioned /etc/fw_env_mmcblk2.config: it falls back to
/etc/fw_env.config (which both the factory and ForgeFIRM images ship,
pointing at the eMMC env) and checks fw_setenv results (audit N16).
BUILD.md gets the real artifact name and marks the built u-boot
reference-only; INSTALL.md drops the stale script/ogboot names and the
cloud-connect promise, stating the image is bring-up-only (audit N11).
ScottW514