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Create SD Card & eMMC Images #40

Create SD Card & eMMC Images

Create SD Card & eMMC Images #40

Workflow file for this run

name: Create SD Card Images
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
board:
description: 'Board to create image for'
type: choice
required: true
options:
- raspberry-pi-4
- banana-pi-r3
default: 'raspberry-pi-4'
use_latest_release:
description: 'Use latest release artifacts instead of workflow artifacts'
type: boolean
default: false
jobs:
create-image:
name: Create SD Card Image for ${{ inputs.board }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
clean: true
fetch-depth: 0
submodules: recursive
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
genimage \
u-boot-tools \
parted \
gdisk \
qemu-utils \
dosfstools \
e2fsprogs \
genext2fs \
mtools \
jq
- name: Prepare build environment
run: |
# Set up directory structure similar to buildroot build
mkdir -p output/images
mkdir -p build
- name: Set bootloader and target based on board
run: |
case "${{ inputs.board }}" in
raspberry-pi-4)
echo "BOOTLOADER=rpi4_boot" >> $GITHUB_ENV
echo "TARGET=aarch64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
;;
banana-pi-r3)
echo "BOOTLOADER=mt7986_sd_boot" >> $GITHUB_ENV
echo "TARGET=aarch64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
;;
*)
echo "Error: Unknown board ${{ inputs.board }}"
exit 1
;;
esac
echo "Using bootloader: $BOOTLOADER and target: $TARGET for board: ${{ inputs.board }}"
- name: Download bootloader artifacts
if: ${{ !inputs.use_latest_release }}
run: |
# Download from latest bootloader build workflow on main branch
gh run list --workflow=build-boot.yml --branch=banana-pi --limit=1 --status=success --json databaseId --jq '.[0].databaseId' > latest_boot_run_id
BOOT_RUN_ID=$(cat latest_boot_run_id)
gh run download ${BOOT_RUN_ID} --name artifact-${BOOTLOADER} --dir temp_bootloader/
# Extract bootloader directly to output/images
cd temp_bootloader/
tar -xzf *.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ../output/images/
cd ../
rm -rf temp_bootloader/
echo "Bootloader files extracted to output/images:"
ls -la output/images/
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Download Infix artifacts
if: ${{ !inputs.use_latest_release }}
run: |
# Download from latest Kernelkit Trigger workflow for main branch
gh run list --workflow=164295764 --branch=banana-pi --limit=1 --status=success --json databaseId --jq '.[0].databaseId' > latest_infix_run_id
INFIX_RUN_ID=$(cat latest_infix_run_id)
gh run download ${INFIX_RUN_ID} --name artifact-${TARGET} --dir temp_infix/
# Extract Infix directly to output/images
cd temp_infix/
tar -xzf *.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ../output/images/
cd ../
rm -rf temp_infix/
echo "Infix files extracted to output/images:"
ls -la output/images/
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Download from latest releases
if: ${{ inputs.use_latest_release }}
run: |
# Download latest bootloader release
gh release download latest-boot --pattern "*${BOOTLOADER}*" --dir temp_bootloader/
cd temp_bootloader/
tar -xzf *.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ../output/images/
cd ../
rm -rf temp_bootloader/
# Download latest Infix release
gh release download latest --pattern "*${TARGET}*" --dir temp_infix/
cd temp_infix/
tar -xzf *.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ../output/images/
cd ../
rm -rf temp_infix/
echo "All files extracted to output/images:"
ls -la output/images/
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Verify extracted files
run: |
echo "Files available for mkimage.sh:"
ls -la output/images/
echo ""
echo "File types:"
file output/images/* || true
- name: Create SD card image
run: |
export BINARIES_DIR=$PWD/output/images
export BUILD_DIR=$PWD/build
export BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH=$PWD
export RELEASE=""
export INFIX_ID="infix"
# Use the standardized mkimage.sh path for the selected board
# BOARD_SCRIPT="src/board/${{ inputs.board }}/mkimage.sh"
BOARD_SCRIPT="src/board/${{ inputs.board }}/mkimage.sh"
if [ -f "$BOARD_SCRIPT" ]; then
echo "Using board-specific image creation script: $BOARD_SCRIPT"
chmod +x "$BOARD_SCRIPT"
"$BOARD_SCRIPT"
else
echo "Error: Board script $BOARD_SCRIPT not found!"
exit 1
fi
- name: Verify created image
run: |
echo "Contents of output/images after mkimage.sh:"
ls -lh output/images/
# Look for SD card image with pattern: *-sdcard.img
if ls output/images/*-sdcard.img 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Found SD card image(s):"
for img in output/images/*-sdcard.img; do
echo "- $(basename $img)"
file "$img"
fdisk -l "$img" 2>/dev/null || true
done
else
echo "No SD card image found matching pattern: *-sdcard.img"
echo "Available files:"
ls -la output/images/
exit 1
fi
- name: Upload SD card image
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: sdcard-image-${{ inputs.board }}-${{ env.BOOTLOADER }}
path: |
output/images/*-sdcard.img
retention-days: 30
- name: Create checksums
run: |
cd output/images/
for file in *-sdcard.img; do
if [ -f "$file" ]; then
sha256sum "$file" > "$file.sha256"
fi
done
- name: Upload to release
uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
with:
allowUpdates: true
omitName: true
omitBody: true
omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
prerelease: true
tag: "latest-boot"
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
artifacts: "output/images/*-sdcard.img*"
- name: Generate summary
run: |
cat <<EOF >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
# SD Card Image Build Complete! 🚀
**Board:** ${{ inputs.board }}
**Target:** ${{ env.TARGET }}
**Bootloader:** ${{ env.BOOTLOADER }}
**Artifact Source:** ${{ inputs.use_latest_release && 'Latest Release' || 'Latest Workflow Run' }}
## Created Images
$(find output/images/ -name "*.img" -o -name "*.qcow2" -o -name "*.raw" | xargs ls -lh 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^/- /' || echo "- No images found")
## Download
The SD card image is available as a workflow artifact above.
EOF