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authorRafaël Carré <rafael.carre@gmail.com>2009-05-28 18:27:08 +0000
committerRafaël Carré <rafael.carre@gmail.com>2009-05-28 18:27:08 +0000
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FS#10253 : mkamsboot v1.0
- Bump version to 1.0 - Add Clipv2 target - Make mkamsboot work as a library (work by domonoky : FS#10185, with a few modifications by me) . Use a macro with variadic arguments for error cases in functions which might error. . Add detailed descriptions to functions exported by the library (in the header file) - modify bin2c.c to produce only one pair of .c/.h files with several files embedded in it - move files needing to be built by an ARM cross compiler into dualboot/ - commit produced .c/.h files (containing nrv2e_d8.S and dualboot.S built for Clip, Fuze, e200v2, c200v2, m200v4, Clipv2) - Write a real README file - cosmetics: indent dualboot.S properly, remove trailing spaces, limit lines to 80 characters - comments: add/correct comments in dualboot.S and mkamsboot.c - move back extract_fw.c to utils/AMS/hacking git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@21118 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657
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@@ -3,4 +3,63 @@ mkamsboot
A tool to inject a bootloader into a Sansa V2 (AMS) firmware file.
-See comments in mkamsboot.c and dualboot.S for more information.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+mkamsboot <firmware file> <boot file> <output file>
+
+<firmware file> is an original Sansa firmware file obtained from the Sansa
+ forums for example : http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/?category.id=devices
+
+<boot file> is the code you want to execute (a rockbox bootloader), previously
+ scrambled with tools/scramble utility.
+
+<output file> is the resulting firmware file which you'll have to copy on your
+ Sansa player. See "Firmware filenames".
+
+
+Supported models
+----------------
+
+Sansa Clip : firmware version starting with "01."
+Sansa Clipv2: firmware version starting with "02."
+Sansa Fuze : firmware version starting with "01."
+Sansa E200v2: firmware version starting with "03."
+Sansa C200v2: firmware version starting with "03."
+Sansa M200v4: firmware version starting with "4."
+
+
+Firmware filenames
+------------------
+
+For the firmware upgrade to happen, the firmware has to be named specially:
+
+clip v2 : m30pa.bin
+clip : m300a.bin
+fuze : fuzea.bin
+e200v2 : e200pa.bin
+c200v2 : c200pa.bin
+m200v4 : m200a.bin
+
+
+Dual-Boot
+---------
+
+ The purpose of this program is to provide dual-boot between the original
+firmware and the new (rockbox) firmware.
+
+ By default the player will boot into the new firmware.
+
+ To boot into the Original Firmware, you need to press the Left key.
+ ***Note : on the c200v2 you need to press the Right key.
+
+ The player will boot into the Original Firmware as well if it is powered up by
+inserting an usb cable.
+ ***Note : on the m200v4 powering up by usb will cause booting into the new
+firmware
+
+Hacking
+-------
+
+See comments in mkamsboot.c and dualboot/dualboot.S for more information.