On 2/11/12 3:21 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Prindeville <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> >>>>>> writes: > > Philip> On 2/10/12 5:41 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >>>>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Prindeville >>>>>>>> <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> writes: >>> > Philip> Sysupgrade currently doesn't allow updating software in place > Philip> without clobbering the existing config (stored on the ext4 > Philip> overlay filesystem that immediately follows the jffs2 > Philip> filesystem). I've spoken to various interested parties using > Philip> x86 hardware, and we'd like to see if anyone is interested in > Philip> doing bounty work to support sysupgrade on x86. > > Russell> What configuration gives you that? I have built lots of > Russell> squashfs images for alix2 and soekris 45xx and have yet to > Russell> see an ext4, at least that I noticed. > > Philip> Or ext3, which ever. > > Philip> The point is that the overlay writable filesystem gets zapped > Philip> when the image is updated. > > Have you looked at /sbin/sysupgrade and the stuff in /lib/upgrade/* ? > > What kind of bounty are you talking about?
Not sure. I'd need to know the extent of the work involved before I could say. Last time I tried sysupgrade on an alix it panicked the system and corrupted my overlay filesystem. _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
