[$500 Bounty] Switch from fastboot to EDL/QDL

[adeebshihadeh]

QDL should be a strict improvement

• unbrickable
• easier to get into than the fastboot dance
• 2 -> 1 cables required
• save 3s off the boot time of the device waiting for fastboot USB enumeration

Seems like there's two options here:

1. flash the whole thing with firehose
2. load an EDL loader with fastboot and use the existing stuff to flash

Here's a good Python implementation: https://github.com/bkerler/edl.

[adeebshihadeh]

Bounty details:

Write a nice QDL.js library and integrate it into commaai/flash. The library only needs the functionality necessary for the flasher. No comma hardware necessary; show it works reliably on an Android phone and we'll do any final testing needed on our hardware.

Bounty locked once a PR is open that connects to a device in QDL and paid out once it's merged.

[aseok]

@adeebshihadeh I already have started working on this. will be payment in cryptocurrencies possible?

[adeebshihadeh]

I’d have to check, but I think so.

[aseok]

I have ported most of python code to js but wondered if it's better to port it to typescript first, then compile to js...

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[adeebshihadeh]

Doesn't matter to me, but perhaps @incognitojam has some thoughts on this.

[incognitojam]

either TypeScript or JSDoc to add type hints is good!

[aseok]

@adeebshihadeh code migration in progress. It would be nice to increase bounty to 1k$.

[adeebshihadeh]

What code migration? I would pay more for a PR that I can just click merge on right now, but I haven't seen anything yet.

[adeebshihadeh]

@bongbui321 you've done a great job with a bunch of bounties. any interest in this one?

[bongbui321]

@adeebshihadeh definitely, I did see your post on discord the other day, but I have neither the comma nor an android device to start working on this bounty. So I thought it would be faster for others who have more experience in this subject to work on this since you want this to be done quick

[andiradulescu]

@adeebshihadeh I can also try this, but not immediately.

@bongbui321 no comma hardware needed #7 (comment), you just need an android device with QDL/qualcomm - maybe you can borrow an old one from someone else.

I will write a new comment before I start trying to lock it.

[andiradulescu]

@bongbui321 you try and lock this. I will not try in parallel. if you realize that you can't do it, I will try after.

[andiradulescu]

@adeebshihadeh noticed your changes commaai/agnos-builder#198 - will you also update https://github.com/commaai/agnos ? this might help, since the same "methods" from "edl" and flash files will be used in/with the new "QDL.js".

[adeebshihadeh]

@adeebshihadeh noticed your changes commaai/agnos-builder#198 - will you also update https://github.com/commaai/agnos ? this might help, since the same "methods" from "edl" and flash files will be used in/with the new "QDL.js".

I put up a bounty for it commaai/agnos-builder#200

[adeebshihadeh]

Done, thanks to @bongbui321!