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Lsuser1985: Created page with "{{Template:Articles|LS-WVL|LS-AVL|LS-CHL-V2LS-VL|LS-QVL|LS-SL|LS-WSXL|LS-WXL|LS-XHL}} '''This is an analysis of how Linkstations and Terastations are updating. This gives valua…"

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'''This is an analysis of how Linkstations and Terastations are updating. This gives valuable insights on where to get the firmware without any password.'''

== Validity ==

This analysis has been done on a LS-WVL with firmware 1.52. It should be valid for at least for all other Linkstations sharing the same firmware (LS-AVL, LS-CHL-V2, LS-VL, LS-QVL, LS-SL, LS-WSXL, LS-WXL, LS-XHL) and for Terastation X- and V-Series (checked with V-Series 1.14 firmware).

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= Analysis =

* Current available firmware updates are listed at
** for Terastation V-Series: http://buffalo.jp/download/driver/hd/autoup/fw_info.xml
** for Linkstation Series: and Terastation X-Series: http://buffalo.jp/download/driver/hd/autoup/fw_info2.xml
* This XML contains several entries (XML-nodes) describing:
** list of [[Product-IDs]] the respective firmware is for
** binary_url, e.g. http://driver.buffalo.jp/buf-drv/hd/terastation_v_series_1.14-1.36.zip
** release_note URL, e.g. http://buffalo.jp/download/driver/hd/autoup/note/tsv114_en.txt
* The URL for the release-notes contain only the major version and are easy to guess. The URL for the binary (zip-file) additionally contains the "minor" version, which has to be guessed. Please see below for a list of known major/minor-combinations.
** The major an minor version currently installed on your box can be found in ''/etc/linkstation_release'' (even on Terastation!)
VERSION=1.52
SUBVERSION=HDD 2.81
PRODUCTID=0x00000000
BUILDDATE=2011/07/19 19:58:30
* The zip-file is downloaded using wget without any special parameters. It can be unzipped without password.
** Binaries can be extracted without password. The contents of these files is e.g.:
234121284 12-09-2011 08:15 hddrootfs.buffalo.updated
9613712 12-09-2011 08:15 initrd.buffalo
407704 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lsqvl.bin
236120 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lssl.bin
401608 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lsvl.bin
407704 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lswvl.bin
407448 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lswxl.bin
401352 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lsxh.bin
401508 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lsxl.bin
408060 11-14-2011 02:54 u-boot_lsxlv2_64mb.bin
2135060 12-09-2011 08:09 uImage-88f5182.buffalo
2729776 12-09-2011 08:10 uImage-lsp.5.x.buffalo
337 12-09-2011 08:10 u-boot.map
408 12-09-2011 08:10 uImage.map
:* ''hddrootfs.buffalo.updated'' is a .tar.gz containing the root-filesystem. For all other files, please refer to the XXX
:* After download, all file contained in the zip-file will be moved to /boot.
:* The update itself will be performed when rebooting the system. (What is automatically done when performing a "Update" via the Web-UI). Please refer to [[Analysis of the ARM9 boot process]] for more information about this.

== Major and Minor versions ==

This is a list of some major and minor versions. Please add more if you get them known.

Linkstation Series
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! major || minor
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| 1.41 || 2.58
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| 1.52 || 2.81
|-
| 1.56 || 2.90
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| 1.57 || 3.57
|}

Terastation V-Series
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! major || minor
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| 1.14 || 1.36
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| 1.04 || 0.71
|}

= Intermediate Insights =

These insights have been found while analyzing the update process. They may be relevant again if the above results are no longer valid.

* Update script: /etc/cron/cron.d/S29_update_notifications.sh (links to /etc/rc.d/sysinit.d/S29_update_notifications.sh)
:All relevant paths and URLs are at the top.
:* Results of XML-parsing go into `/tmp/fwinfo` (`$RESULT_FILE`)
:* Release-note go into `/tmp/fwinfo_note` (`$RELEASE_DST`)
* XML gets parsed by file:`/usr/local/bin/up_notifications.py`

Analysis of the Firmware Download and Upgrade Process - Revision history

Lsuser1985: /* Major and Minor versions */ reorder, add comments

Lsuser1985: Created page with "{{Template:Articles|LS-WVL|LS-AVL|LS-CHL-V2LS-VL|LS-QVL|LS-SL|LS-WSXL|LS-WXL|LS-XHL}} '''This is an analysis of how Linkstations and Terastations are updating. This gives valua…"