SWUpdate is a Linux Update agent with the goal to provide an efficient and safe way to update an embedded Linux system in field. SWUpdate supports local and OTA updates, multiple update strategies and it is designed with security in mind.

Documentation is part of the project and can be generated, or you access to the Online Documentation.

SWUpdate is well integrated in the Yocto build system by adding the meta-swupdate layer.

source setup-environment eam9918a1

bitbake swupdate-image

bitbake imx-image-full

the result file is located in tmp/deploy/images/imx8mmeamb9918a1，

swupdate-image-imx8mmeamb9918a1-.rootfs.cpio.gz.u-boot is initrd.img, which is recovery partition image.

LABEL="recovery" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="e191c4ad-02"

imx-image-full-imx8mmeamb9918a1-.rootfs.tar.bz2 and imx-image-full-imx8mmeamb9918a1.ext4 is rootfs partition image.

LABEL="rootfs" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="e191c4ad-03"

use swupdate-tools/mkupdateimg.sh ../imx-image-full-imx8mmeamb9918a1.ext4 to make *.swu, which is the upgrade file.

• Webserver update

In normal mode, execute the follow command swupdate --update -w "-r /www" -g --reboot

--update, environment variables recovery_command and recovery_status will be updated

-w, upgrade use web server， "-r /www", web server options

-g,--gui, upgrade process will display on the lcd screen

--reboot, after device restarted , device enter recovery mode and /usr/bin/swupdate run in background

Link to the target device use the following url：http://<target_ip>:8080

• Local update

If boot with emmc, mount /dev/mmcblk2p4 on /userdata, else if boot with sdcard , mount /dev/mmcblk1p4 on /userdata. Then copy the upgrade file to /userdata path, and execute the follow command in normal mode,

swupdate --update -g -i "/userdata/swupdate-image_1.0.swu" --reboot

-i,--image, upgrade file location

-D,--delete, delete upgrade file swupdate-image_1.0.swu or not

--update,-g,--reboot, reference above

• SDCard update

Use the fdisk and mkfs.vfat tools to create sdcard partiton /dev/mmcblk1p1, copy the upgrade file to the partition, location is /dev/mmcblk1p1/swupdate-image.swu.

When the device is power on with the above sdcard, uboot phase will check the file of /dev/mmcblk1p1/swupdate-image.swu exist or not. For debug, you can enter uboot command line mode and execute fatls mmc 1:1 to check the file exist or not. If the file exist, will also verify the validity of the file. If the validity of the file is verified in the meantime, append swupdate to environment variable bootargs and update recovery_status value is 'in_process'. Finally, device enter recovery mode, execute /usr/sbin/swupdate in background.

In swupdate, read /proc/cmdline to check swupdate key words exist or not. If swupdate exist, start sdcard upgrade process, which samed as local upgrade process. When the process of upgrade finished, prompt user to remove sdcard which prevent device from doing repeated upgrade. When sdcard removed , reboot the device.

Note:

1. upgrade file name must be renamed as swupdate-image.swu.
2. /dev/mmcblk1p1 must be formated as vfat.

update_rst.txt file record the result of the upgrade process. If success, the content is update images is success, if failed, the content is update images failed.

where is the location of the update_rst.txt？ If defined environment TMPDIR, then use getenv("TMPDIR") to read the directory which is used to save update_rst.txt, else access the directory /userdata exist or not, if not, use /tmp, otherwise use /userdata.