rpieepromab: docs: Add details to README#202
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| recommended API is the command line `rpi-eeprom-ab` application. | ||
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| This service currently only exists on the Raspberry Pi 5 family of | ||
| devices running AB capable firmware. |
| ### Partition validation and commit | ||
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| Mark the uncommitted partition as valid. | ||
| The 64-character hex string must match the SHA-256 hash of the update image. |
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How about "The hash (a 64-character hex string) must match..."?
| rpi-eeprom-ab update pieeprom-ab.bin | ||
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| 2. Mark the updated partition as valid. The hash must match the SHA-256 hash of | ||
| the image written in step 1: |
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Is this step necessary? Why doesn't "update" do that automatically? Or is the idea that the hash could arrive by some other channel?
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Yes the idea was having it as a separate step allows the hash to come via a different channel.
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