Use single firmware bundle for updating all ZuluSCSI platforms #477
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This will update the ZuluSCSI by placing a zip file with the prefix `zuluscsi-fw` in the root directory of the SD card. The firmware will extract the appropriate bin file from the container zip, delete the container zip and then reboot the board. Once the board has been rebooted, the bootloader installs the bin file. This is a initial attempt. Currently if the zip file is compressed with deflate, the code will install the compressed data which will crash the board.
It was decided that deflate will not be supported in the initial release of using zip file packages for firmware releases. If the parser sees any method besides uncompressed it returns an error.
Switched from a lower case zuluscsi-fw prefix for the zip package to ZuluSCSI-FW and the extracted bin file to ZuluSCSI.bin
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This usability enhancement simplifies the firmware upgrade process for all end users by removing the need to choose and download the platform-specific binary file that's specific to your ZuluSCSI model, and allows for updating of ZuluSCSI firmware for all current and future ZuluSCSI model variants by using a single unified .zip file, which will serve as the new format for all future ZuluSCSI firmware updates.
The ZuluSCSI firmware itself will now extract the appropriate .bin file from the container zip file, then remove the container zip and then reboot the board. Once the board has been rebooted, the existing custom bootloader functionality detects the presence of the .bin file and re-flashes the ZuluSCSI firmware.