Release Candidate: 1.1-SNAPSHOT-2022-06-27

[androda]

This is a SNAPSHOT firmware, intended to be used by early adopters.

If you discover issues, please post them:

• In Discussions on this repo (discussion will be created automatically for this pre-release)
• On the TinkerDifferent forum here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/f4-bluescsi-a-bluescsi-fork-by-androda.1336/
  I have encountered no issues during testing. Tests were run against Beige G3 333, and Mac IIci.

Most changes around Formatting Compatibility

After testing around with the previous release candidate, it was noted that formatting in Drive Setup no longer worked. Changes were made in upstream to fix this issue, and are pulled in as part of this snapshot release.

F4 BlueSCSI no longer reports itself as a QUANTUM FIREBALL1, due to issues this can cause with vendor-specific commands. Instead, it reports as a QUANTUM F4 BLUESCSI. Seems that the Apple original format utilities don't care about anything past QUANTUM, so you may not need to use a patched version of drive setup.

Contributors

Many thanks to @mactcp, @mynameistroy, moof(Discord), and @OneGeekArmy for their help in finding these issues and testing in upstream BlueSCSI.

Flashing The Update

See the instructions here on how to install the firmware update via USB. These firmware versions are compatible with all currently-existing versions of F4 and F4Lite BlueSCSI, including the XCVR styles. Please flash the appropriate firmware to your device, based on the tag at the end of the firmware file name.

Note For Developers

You will need to run through the setup steps again. Updates were made to the underlying framework which are required for this release. Also of note is that you will now have a board selector menu item for the F411 and F401, so there's no longer a need to tweak a file in the framework to change clock speeds. Further improvements to the build system are in the works.

Full Changelog: 1.1-SNAPSHOT-2022-05-13-F4...1.1-SNAPSHOT-2022-06-27

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