CN106528114A - Android firmware application, android firmware and firmware upgrading method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an android firmware application, android firmware and a firmware upgrading method. The android firmware is relatively small, the function is single and fixed, and the update does not need to be performed except certain extreme cases, so that the hardware ordering costs of operators can be greatly reduced. The android firmware application can download complete partition files of an android system from a storage server protected by the operators, and the files do not need to be provided for outside, so that the technical secrets of the operators are fully ensured not to be leaked.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to ARIXTRA firmware application, ARIXTRA firmware and firmware upgrade method.
Background technology
Certain operating system, can plus the necessary hardware (such as processor, memorizer etc.) run needed for the operating system
To be considered as an instance system, (application refers to the operating system in instance system can to run various applications in instance system
The software of middle operation or program).By several instance systems according to certain (such as distributed) centralized management of framework mode, can
To form cloud system.Generally cloud system provides the user service by the daily operation of operator.
In recent years, ARIXTRA (Android) the system application increased income widely, is also often chosen as the operation system of instance system
System.The operator software development of general cloud system, does not possess hardware production capacity.Operator is to possessing hardware production capacity
Factory provide firmware (firmware), by the memorizer of firmware burned instance system, instance system can be normal for factory
Work.For operator, there is the risk divulged a secret in this process, other people carry out cracking the skill for being obtained in that operator to firmware
Art is secret.
Additionally, the size of code of Android system is very big, if firmware includes whole subregions of Android system, size can exceed that
1G.Firmware is bigger, and the time of burned memorizer is longer, and factory is generally to operators expense according to the burned time
's.Operator will often order substantial amounts of instance system, and ARIXTRA firmware crosses the cost that conference dramatically increases operator.If operation
Business is more frequent to the code update of Android system, will also compile new firmware, further increase when ordering new instance system
Cost.
In description " background technology " part disclosure, contribute to the technology skilled artisan understands that the present invention
Scheme, but should not think that these contents necessarily belong to prior art or common knowledge accordingly.
The content of the invention
In order to overcome the defect that reflected of " background technology " part, the present invention provide ARIXTRA firmware application, ARIXTRA firmware and
Firmware upgrade method.
ARIXTRA firmware application, described application can be run under the reforestation practices of Android system, according to bus extender
Different incoming levels enters different mode of operations, and described mode of operation includes test pattern and initialization pattern, tests
Pattern is capable of the hardware of detection example system, initializes pattern and can download the complete of Android system from the storage server of cloud system
Whole partitioned file.
ARIXTRA firmware, is made up of the file of u-boot, misc, recovery partitioned file and mark partition table information, institute
The recovery partitioned files stated should by the virtual flash disk of starting up, resource and kernel partitioned files and User space
With composition.
Further, described User space application includes ARIXTRA firmware application.
ARIXTRA firmware upgrade method, comprises the steps：
Controller enters initialization pattern by bus extender Automatic level control ARIXTRA firmware application；
ARIXTRA firmware application downloads Android system according to the address connection storage server being previously written from storage server
Complete partitioned file；
ARIXTRA firmware application reboots into the normal mode of Android system.
Further, described controller is ARM controller.
In technical solution of the present invention, the word such as " including ", " for " should be understood according to open language mode, " by ...
The words such as composition " should be understood according to closed expression way.Those skilled in the art are by reading this specification and combining existing
The content that technology or common knowledge can be known, repeats no more in this specification.
ARIXTRA firmware application, ARIXTRA firmware and firmware upgrade method that the present invention is provided, ARIXTRA firmware are smaller, function list
One fixes, and need not update, can greatly save the hardware Order Cost of operator in addition to some extreme cases.ARIXTRA firmware
Using the complete partitioned file that can download Android system from the storage server protected by operator, these files are without the need for externally
There is provided, fully ensured that the know-how of operator is not revealed.
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Fig. 1 is the flow chart of ARIXTRA firmware upgrade method in specific embodiment.
Specific embodiment
Below embodiments of the present invention are further illustrated.It should be noted that the scope of the present invention is not
It is confined to described concrete technical scheme.Any technology essential factor in described concrete technical scheme is carried out identical or is waited
The technical scheme obtained with replacement or those skilled in the art are on the basis of described concrete technical scheme without creation
Property the technical scheme that is obtained with of work, should all be contemplated as falling within protection scope of the present invention.
The realization of ARIXTRA instance system, fairly simple mode are using existing development board (such as ARM development boards etc.).
For development board conventional ARIXTRA firmware include u-boot, boot, resource, misc, kernel, system, recovery,
The partition names such as sysbackup subregions, wherein boot, misc, system, recovery are almost in all of Android system scheme
In all exist.Boot subregions are common boot partition, and Android system normal boot-strap depends on boot subregions into normal mode.
In the technical scheme of some Android systems, boot subregions include the kernel of Android system, but will peace in technical solution of the present invention
The kernel of tall and erect system has been stored in kernel subregions, just no longer includes the kernel of Android system in boot subregions.Misc subregions are
One miscellaneous subregion, stores the configuration file of some systems settings or other subregions, the guiding letter of such as recovery subregions
Breath.System subregions are common system partitioning, store whole Android system and (have stored in kernel of other subregions etc. to remove
Outward).Recovery partitioned storages Android system enters the file for recovering to need during (recovery) pattern.U-boot subregions are
Universal guiding subregion (universal boot loader).Corresponding with the development board parameter of resource partitioned storages, for example
Which kind of operation the kernel of Android system performs according to the different level signal of development board.Kernel partitioned storages Android system
Kernel.Sysbackup subregions are system backup subregion, and in some technical schemes, the plural system of Android system setting is standby
Part subregion, only includes a system backup subregion in firmware, the subregion is Reading Sections, in zone name followed by numeral 1
(sysbackup1) identify.
The ARIXTRA firmware that technical solution of the present invention is provided, only u-boot, misc, recovery partitioned file and mark point
The file (parameter files) of area's table information.Virtual flash disk of the recovery partitioned files by starting up
(ramdisk), resource and kernel partitioned files (i.e. complete in resource and kernel subregions file) and few
User space (user mode) the application composition of amount.
In the application of recovery partitioned files, including an application (hereinafter referred to as R applications) with special function, R
Using running under the reforestation practices of Android system, according to bus extender (General Purpose Input
Output, GPIO) different incoming level (can be single level or level combinations) enters different mode of operations, described work
Operation mode includes test pattern and initialization pattern, and test pattern is capable of the hardware of detection example system, and initialization pattern can
The complete partitioned file of Android system is downloaded from the storage server of cloud system.
When the ARIXTRA firmware that technical solution of the present invention is provided starts, (the ARIXTRA firmware can be considered as an incomplete ARIXTRA
System, due to u-boot subregions, it is also possible to start), the file of u-boot subregions is loaded execution, u-boot subregions at first
It was found that the verification of boot subregions does not pass through, it is impossible to which the normal Android system that starts enters normal mode, then u-boot subregions can be loaded
The file of recovery subregions is entered and recovers (recovery) pattern.The file of recovery subregions includes the interior of Android system
Core file, in recovery mode ARIXTRA kernel can run, R application can run in ARIXTRA kernel accordingly.
When instance system is located at factory, the external debugging board of instance system development board can be allowed by being input into GPIO level
R is applied and is entered test pattern.Under test pattern, R applications can according to the instruction of debugging board, the processor of detection example system,
The hardware such as memorizer whether normal work.
Operator is obtained after instance system from factory, sets up cloud system using instance system.Difference can be set in cloud system
The controller of type is managed to instance system.Controller includes ARM controller, i.e., the Linux server with ARM frameworks
(arm controller), this quasi-controller is with low cost, and its hardware circuit is connected with the development board of instance system, by input
Android system in GPIO level admin instance systems.Operator arranges storage server, storage clothes in cloud system toward contact
Business device is stored and is related to the secret file of carrier technologies, and operator can take strict physical isolation and skill to storage server
Art protective measure.Each instance system in cloud system can be communicated with storage server, storage server verification example system
After system identity is errorless, the file of its needs is transmitted to instance system.
After instance system adds cloud system, ARM controller is by GPIO level by R using into initialization pattern, R applications
The complete partitioned file of Android system can be downloaded from storage server.
Applied using above-described ARIXTRA firmware and R, ARIXTRA firmware upgrade method can be realized.ARIXTRA firmware upgrade side
The flow process of method as shown in figure 1, including：
S101：Controller enters initialization pattern by bus extender Automatic level control ARIXTRA firmware application.
Specifically, ARM controller allows R using into initialization pattern by being input into GPIO level set in advance.
S102：ARIXTRA firmware application is downloaded from storage server and is pacified according to the address connection storage server being previously written
The complete partitioned file of tall and erect system.
Specifically, the address of storage server has been previously written in R applications, and R is applied into after initialization pattern, according to this
Address connects storage server, downloads the complete partitioned file of Android system of latest edition from storage server, by these texts
Part is stored on the memorizer of instance system.
S103：ARIXTRA firmware application reboots into the normal mode of Android system.
Specifically, after all of Android system partitioned file storage is arrived locally, Android system is restarted in R applications, pacifies after restarting
Be present missing documents in tall and erect system, run into normal mode.
Conventional ARIXTRA firmware can exceed that 1G, and the ARIXTRA firmware that technical solution of the present invention is provided only has 30M or so.Press
According to current programming technology programming 1G data at least 5 minutes, and programming 30M data only needed to 10 seconds.Technical solution of the present invention is carried
For ARIXTRA firmware function it is very single, only comprising requisite partitioned file during factory testing instance system hardware, do not wrap
Core code containing Android system, in addition to partition table such as repartitions at the extreme case, it is not necessary to updates or upgrades, operator can
With life-time service.Meanwhile, the code for being related to carrier technologies secret need not be sent outside, greatly reduce the wind of divulging a secret of operator
Danger.
Those skilled in the art can construct its other party on the basis of concrete technical scheme described above, completely
Case, it is numerous to list herein.
Claims (5)
1. ARIXTRA firmware application, it is characterised in that described application can be run under the reforestation practices of Android system, according to total
The different incoming level of line expander enters different mode of operations, and described mode of operation includes test pattern and initialization mould
Formula, described test pattern are capable of the hardware of detection example system, and described initialization pattern can be taken from the storage of cloud system
Business device downloads the complete partitioned file of Android system.
2. ARIXTRA firmware, it is characterised in that described firmware is by u-boot, misc, recovery partitioned file and mark subregion
The file composition of table information, described recovery partitioned files by the virtual flash disk of starting up, resource and
Kernel partitioned files and User space application composition.
3. firmware according to claim 2, it is characterised in that described User space application is included described in claim 1
ARIXTRA firmware application.
4. ARIXTRA firmware upgrade method, it is characterised in that described method includes：
Controller enters initialization pattern by bus extender Automatic level control ARIXTRA firmware application；
ARIXTRA firmware application downloads the complete of Android system according to the address connection storage server being previously written from storage server
Whole partitioned file；
ARIXTRA firmware application reboots into the normal mode of Android system.
5. method according to claim 4, it is characterised in that described controller is ARM controller.
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