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Summary

  • Add USB-based recovery system that runs early in boot (after mountall, before overlayfs)
  • Display recovery status on screen using ffmpeg framebuffer rendering
  • Support multiple recovery triggers via files on USB drive
  • Move extended config recovery from S49extended-config to early boot

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Comment thread overlays/firmware-extended/10-usb-recovery/root/etc/init.d/S00z-usb-recovery
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paxx12 marked this pull request as draft January 30, 2026 21:43
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paxx12 marked this pull request as ready for review January 31, 2026 10:14
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@paxx12 paxx12 changed the title Add USB recovery with early boot support Draft: Add USB recovery with early boot support Jan 31, 2026
@paxx12 paxx12 added the proof-of-concept Label to indicate that this feature is proof of concept label Jan 31, 2026
paxx12 added 2 commits January 31, 2026 11:32
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Add USB recovery with early boot support
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Move USB recovery from S49extended-config to dedicated S00z-usb-recovery
init script that runs early in boot. Adds new recovery options including
WiFi config application, firmware upgrade from USB, and disaster recovery.
All recovery actions show countdown on screen before executing.
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Create backup when disaster recovery
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As a learning opportunity why is it necessary to add setting up USB recovery earlier in the boot cycle?

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Overwritten by #511.

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