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This directory contains various scripts that can be used to help development
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process on the Sony NWZ players. The proper way to use it is to use the Makefile.
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In case of doubt, run
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make
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to get the up-to-date documentation.
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Performing a firmware upgrade
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To perform a firmware upgrade, first copy the firmware upgrade file to the root of
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the device, and make sure its named
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NW_WM_FW.UPG
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Another other name WILL NOT WORK. You've been warned.
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DO NOT FORGET TO UNMOUNT YOUR DEVICE PROPERLY BEFORE DOING WHAT FOLLOWS
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Once once, you need to tell the device to reboot in firmware upgrade mode.
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At the moment, we only support this operation in UMS/MSC (Mass Storage) mode. So if
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your device appears as a MTP device, go to the preference settings of your device
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and make sure your device is set to UMS/MSC or Auto.
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You need to identify the linux device associated with your device. There are
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plenty of tutorials on the net on how to do that, you can use mount or dmesg.
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Assuming the linux device corresponding to your player is
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/dev/sdx
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run AS ROOT OR USING SUDO
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make do_fw_upgrade NWZ_DEV=/dev/sdx
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If everything goes well, the device should reboot and perform the firmware upgrade.
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Building a firmware upgrade that
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dumps important stuff
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In early development stage, the most useful thing you can do is to dump important
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stuff from your device:
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- dmesg and mount output
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- FU (firmware upgrade) initrd
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- root FS (file system)
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We carefully wrote a script that does the following. First make sure that your device
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has enough free space (at least 300MB to be safe). You need to know the model of
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your device to build this firmware upgrade. Once you known it, run
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make list_targets
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to list all available targets. For example if your targets is one of the
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NWZ-E460 series, the corresponding target is nwz-e46x.
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Once you have identified the target. Run
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2016-09-26 23:09:06 +00:00
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make dump_rootfs NWZ_TARGET=nwz-exyz UPG=dump_rootfs.upg
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2016-08-17 20:26:12 +00:00
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(replace nwz-exyz with your target)
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This command will produce a firmware upgrade file called
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dump_rootfs.upg
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In order to run this firmware upgrade, you need to follows the instruction
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on how to perform a firmware upgrade.
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When performing the firmware upgrade, the script will perform various operation
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and create several files. Once the "upgrade" is finish and the device has rebooted,
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you should find the files in the dump_rootfs/ directory at the root of your device.
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