As you may know, one big pain point of B2G has been related to distributing ready-to-flash builds. To make a long story short, this is a legal nightmare. In order to avoid this nightmare, I have been working along with a couple of people on a solution which we call a "blob-free build" [1]. Basically, this is a full system build where we remove the proprietary components and just instruct folks on where to get them.
This means we need a device to be already ported (i.e., have a config.sh entry) *and* we need someone to add support for producing a blob-free image, because it is disabled by default. Doing so is documented [2]. Installation steps are documented on [3] and the use of the addon, while expected to be easy as plug & play, is detailed on [4]. Essentially, all you need is: - a supported device - a firefox nightly with a dedicated profile - install b2g installer addon and adb helper - plug your device and flash it - if you are running linux, you might have to configure udev rules Right now, only OSX and Linux are supported. A virtual machine is also available in a ready-to-use state if your platform is not supported or if you are having issues. We are collecting some data, on an opt-in basis. Those data are documented on MDN and they will be useful to assess the usefulness of the addon itself, and help focus contributions for new devices to support. I can only encourage you to opt-in :). Please keep in mind the focus for this release is on the "flash from Android to B2G” use-case. Being able to *update* a device /might/ work, but making sure we have a good user story for this will require that someone step up and do this, as my focus will shift. I will however remain available to help anyone willing to hack and to review changes. Some of the devices we support includes: - Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact with Kitkat base - T2M Flame with Kitkat base - LG Nexus 4 on Kitkat base - LG Nexus 5 on Lollipop base - Wileyfox Swift on Lollipop CyanogenMod base, from contributor We have some very soon-to-be released support also for Fairphone 2 (Lollipop base). Any contribution towards improving this is welcome, and there is already a list of things that can be hacked in the TODO section of the MDN page. Cheers Alexandre [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Building#Building_a_blob_free_full_system_zip [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Building_and_installing_Firefox_OS/B2G_installer_add-on#Adding_new_device_support [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Building_and_installing_Firefox_OS/B2G_installer_add-on#Installation [4] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Building_and_installing_Firefox_OS/B2G_installer_add-on#Usage _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
