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NanoKVM: Affordable, Multifunctional, Nano RISC-V IP-KVM
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Latest software update 2.0.9 not available on GitHub? #126

Closed icedream closed 2 weeks ago

icedream commented 3 weeks ago

I have just received the NanoKVM Lite and flashed the latest beta version available in GitHub releases to microSD, and noticed that it wasn't working (MJPEG server would not work).

Checking for software updates, it wanted to install version 2.0.9 which confused me because that version is not tagged or released on this repository. However I decided to install it anyways (which I would not recommend for an open sourced product by the way) and that version indeed fixes the issue.

I wanted to check why that is and if I can find the source code for this version on GitHub. The Go binary of NanoKVM-Server included in the image has the following build metadata:

        build   vcs=git
        build   vcs.revision=879edf5caa44e2d0ac18b37fe8053d1ee434aa29
        build   vcs.time=2024-09-18T09:44:59Z
        build   vcs.modified=false

However when looking up commit 879edf5caa44e2d0ac18b37fe8053d1ee434aa29 on GitHub I can't find it - https://github.com/sipeed/NanoKVM/commit/879edf5caa44e2d0ac18b37fe8053d1ee434aa29 just returns a 404 page.

Do you have information on why that is? Is the source code tree hanging behind or not in sync with the releases for some reason?

wj-xiao commented 2 weeks ago

NanoKVM consists of two components: the system image and application software. The system image(v1.2.0) doesn't change frequently. And we won't release new versions very often. The application(v2.0.9) is frequently updated. So we use an online update mode.

Before the release of version 2.0.9, the project was closed source. And you could find all the activities in this repository. After 2.0.9, we made the code open source and migrated to this repository.

michaelsage commented 2 weeks ago

The system image(v1.2.0) doesn't change frequently. And we won't release new versions very often. The application(v2.0.9) is frequently updated. So we use an online update mode.

The application firmware is updated via the web interface. How do you update the system image? Do you have to reflash?

wj-xiao commented 2 weeks ago

@michaelsage Yes. To update the image, you must take out the SD card and reflash it. You can refer to this document for guidance.

icedream commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the answers!

icedream commented 2 weeks ago

Maybe this could be its own ticket on the respective NanoKVM-Server repo but it may help to tag the releases there for organization (and just easier on the surface discoverability). Not strictly technically needed if the commits can be discovered as described though.