From 1b014634365edbde950dedfbf9c6f75848f84606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Zalatov <zigfisher@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:41:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update faq.md
---
en/faq.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/faq.md b/en/faq.md
index f2be13e..4662d1e 100644
--- a/en/faq.md
+++ b/en/faq.md
@@ -98,6 +98,32 @@ on the camera afterwards.
If you need to know what is in the command, search for `ipctool` in the
`/etc/profile` file.
+### How to replace the bootloader from Linux? A dangerous operation for dummies!
+
+Commands are executed separately by each line with a wait for the end of execution.
+The full name of the replacement bootloader and its availability can be checked [here][3]
+
+Before running the commands, don't forget to enter the correct bootloader name!
+
+```
+export LOADER=u-boot-SOC-TYPE.bin
+curl -k -L -o /tmp/${LOADER} https://github.com/OpenIPC/firmware/releases/download/latest/${LOADER}
+flashcp -v /tmp/${LOADER} /dev/mtd0
+flash_eraseall /dev/mtd1
+```
+
+### How to update the ancient as shit OpenIPC firmware ?
+
+Commands are executed separately by each line with a wait for the end of execution.
+The first command updates a utility whose algorithm was changed in February 2023.
+If you need to update the utility on T31 processors, please add the -mips suffix to the URL of the downloaded utility.
+The second command updates the firmware components themselves.
+
+```
+curl -L -o /tmp/ipcinfo https://github.com/OpenIPC/ipctool/releases/download/latest/ipcinfo && chmod +x /tmp/ipcinfo; /tmp/ipcinfo -csF
+curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenIPC/firmware/master/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade | sh -s -- -k -r -n
+```
+
### How to dump full firmware to an NFS share
This could work if you are lucky, you gained access into Linux shell on stock
@@ -227,3 +253,4 @@ scp -O ~/myfile root@192.168.1.65:/tmp/
[1]: https://openipc.org/wiki/en/gpio-settings.html
[2]: https://github.com/OpenIPC/ipctool/releases/download/latest/ipctool
+[3]: https://github.com/OpenIPC/firmware/releases/tag/latest