v2.8

Highlights

• One qdl binary: the separate qdl-ks and qdl-ramdump tools are folded in as subcommands (#250)
• New chipinfo and reset verbs for reading chip identity and resetting the device without flashing (#280,
  #281)
• nbdkit plugin exposing a device LUN as a block device (#283)
• Faster, leaner skipblock flashing: short/offset files can be skipped, digest memory is bounded, progress is reported
  (#256, #264, #265)
• Hardening sweep across firehose, sahara, GPT and program parsing of device-controlled data (#284,
  #270)
• Improved crash-mode/ramdump device detection (#274, #286)
• EDL devices are identified by their vendor-specific interface signature instead of a product-id allowlist, so the libusb and Windows QUD backends
  now share one notion of an EDL device (#287, #289)

Breaking changes

• qdl-ks and qdl-ramdump no longer exist as standalone binaries; scripts
  and packaging must switch to qdl ks ... / the ramdump verb
  (#250)
• Mixing input XML files with command verbs on one invocation is now
  rejected instead of silently accepted
  (#282)

What's Changed

• firehose: zero-pad local digest so short/offset files can be skipped by @igoropaniuk in #256
• meson: don't require git when overriding the version by @obbardc in #257
• firehose: report progress through the skipblock fast-path by @igoropaniuk in #264
• [RFC] github: request reviews from qdl-maintainers via CODEOWNERS by @igoropaniuk in #266
• tree: move sources under src/ and consolidate on a single qdl binary by @igoropaniuk in #250
• README: describe how to use QDL from WSL2 on Windows by @brgl in #267
• README: mark WSL2 support as unreliable by @brgl in #273
• src/firehose: fix type error in flash log by @shoudil in #275
• tests: fix test_contents_selectors link failure at -O0 by @igoropaniuk in #272
• tests: add a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test suite by @igoropaniuk in #271
• ramdump: create the output directory if it does not exist by @igoropaniuk in #269
• README: use consistent dash bullets for unordered lists by @igoropaniuk in #276
• firehose: tolerate zero-length packets while reading sector data by @igoropaniuk in #270
• For linux msm/flashmap multi layout by @quic-bjorande in #263
• firehose: chunk skipblock digest into bounded sub-regions by @igoropaniuk in #265
• github: package self-contained binaries on Linux and macOS by @igoropaniuk in #277
• doc: restructure and enrich the README by @igoropaniuk in #268
• doc: add RELEASING.md describing the release process by @igoropaniuk in #278
• [RFC] doc: add AGENTS.md guide for automation agents by @igoropaniuk in #279
• usb: recognize 0x90db as an EDL ramdump product ID by @yangh in #274
• qdl: Add reset verb for device reset by @edsj-sony in #281
• sahara: add chipinfo command to read chip identity by @igoropaniuk in #280
• [RFC] usb: decouple open/list paths and share EDL device identity across backends by @igoropaniuk in #287
• tests: extend HIL test suite by @igoropaniuk in #285
• Fix critical correctness issues (silent failures, crashes, OOB accesses) by @igoropaniuk in #284
• [RFC] qdl: reject mixing input XML files with command verbs by @igoropaniuk in #282
• Enhance crash mode device detection by @ykaire-qti in #286
• nbdkit: expose a device LUN as a block device by @igoropaniuk in #283
• vip: open signed tables in binary mode on Windows by @igoropaniuk in #288
• Lint all markdown files and extend the release documentation by @igoropaniuk in #292
• Address oscompat warnings on Windows by @igoropaniuk in #291
• qdl: drop the EDL product id allowlist and match the EDL interface signature when enumerating by @igoropaniuk in #289
• firehose: do not probe sector size when storage init is skipped by @igoropaniuk in #297

New Contributors

• @brgl made their first contribution in #267
• @shoudil made their first contribution in #275
• @yangh made their first contribution in #274
• @edsj-sony made their first contribution in #281

Testing credits

Thanks to everyone who helped test v2.8-rc1 in #293:

• @igoropaniuk tested on RB3Gen2 (open and secure), Uno Q and Radxa Q8B (SC8280XP) across Linux, Windows and macOS
• @Eric0039 tested on IQ-9075
• @obbardc tested on RB3Gen2 (Debian Unstable amd64)
• @shawngsc tested on IQ10 RRD (Windows)
• @pankaj-qcom tested on Glymur CRD (Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS)
• @WeepingClown13 tested on Hamoa CRD (Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS)
• @shoudil tested on Hamoa/Purwa IoT EVK (Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS)

Full Changelog: v2.7...v2.8