From 89ab0d27c99ce4899829ab45001c0955db1149ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 00:56:11 +0100
Subject: libre: uboot4extlinux-sunxi: lower maintenance costs

- We can now do cross builds of u-boot:
  - We can now more easily work on the package as we don't need
    an ARM computer for that anymore.
  - It also enable people already using Parabola on x86 to more
    easily install, test, or repair u-boot for an ARM computer
    as users can simply install it on microSD cards without
    needing to use ARM chroots.
- There is now an install script to install u-boot:
  - It makes things easier for users as it is more similar to
    grub-install than dd commands.
  - It also does many checks at the same time to avoid data loss.
- The commands to split packages are now shared between all
  package_ functions. This lower maintenance.
- How to add a new board has been made more clear.

Comparison with other distributions (for consistency):
- u-boot doesn't have anything to handle the installation and
  update of u-boot binaries if UEFI is not used.
- Debian has an u-boot-install-sunxi script which handles way more
  cases than what I wrote (it even handles GPT and so on and even
  has a manual), but there seems to be no tools to update u-boot.
- Openembedded doesn't seem to have anything special in
  the u-boot recipe in openembedded-core

Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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 .../uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install                   | 35 ----------------------
 1 file changed, 35 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 libre/uboot4extlinux-sunxi/uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install

(limited to 'libre/uboot4extlinux-sunxi/uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install')

diff --git a/libre/uboot4extlinux-sunxi/uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install b/libre/uboot4extlinux-sunxi/uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 46f8304cd..000000000
--- a/libre/uboot4extlinux-sunxi/uboot4extlinux-sunxi.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-flash_instructions() {
-  echo "# dd if=/boot/u-boot/images/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1024 seek=8"
-}
-
-extlinux_warning() {
-  echo "==> WARNING: Remember to set up your kernels in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf"
-}
-
-flash_uboot() {
-  root=$(mount | awk '/ on \/ / { print $1; }')
-  if [[ $root =~ ^/dev/mmcblk.*$ ]]; then
-    root=${root:0:12}
-    echo "A new U-Boot version needs to be flashed onto $root."
-    echo "Do you want to do this now? [y|N]"
-    read -r shouldwe
-    if [[ $shouldwe =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
-      dd if=/boot/u-boot/images/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=$root bs=1024 seek=8
-    else
-      echo "You can do this later by running:"
-      flash_instructions
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "Flash the new U-Boot version onto your boot device. For example:"
-    flash_instructions
-  fi
-  extlinux_warning
-}
-
-post_install() {
-  flash_uboot
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  flash_uboot
-}
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