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Tiny Core Base => Raspberry Pi => Topic started by: snecker on December 20, 2020, 05:40:08 PM

Title: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: snecker on December 20, 2020, 05:40:08 PM

Hello,

Please forgive me if this has been moved to another package but it would be useful to have this utility for armv6.

It was available for earlier versions.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: Paul_123 on December 20, 2020, 05:59:22 PM

Have you tried the extension from old versions?  If it works, we can copy it over to 12.x.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: snecker on December 21, 2020, 04:15:51 AM

I cannot find any in the older armv6 versions, just the usb-modeswitch-data package:

tinycorelinux.net/6.x/armv6/tcz/usb-modeswitch-data.tcz

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: Paul_123 on December 21, 2020, 10:41:06 PM

I don't see it either.  Not sure why just the data would be there.   Have you tried to build it yourself?

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: snecker on December 22, 2020, 04:14:21 AM

Yes and it builds fine for me once I've installed the various build requirements.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: Paul_123 on December 22, 2020, 08:18:54 AM

Now maybe package it up and submit.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: snecker on December 22, 2020, 06:12:22 PM

No problem doing this but any documentation on the process would be appreciated.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: Rich on December 22, 2020, 08:30:08 PM

Hi snecker
There is a Wiki here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:start

The entry on extensions is here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:creating_extensions

The instructions for emailing the extension are here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:creating_extensions#submitting
Use the  tcesubmit  email address, not the  picoresubmit  address.

If anything seems unclear, feel free to ask questions.

Title: Re: piCore Extension request - usb_modeswitch
Post by: snecker on December 24, 2020, 05:24:57 PM

Thanks Rich, I wont be doing this as I've now realized that my 3G USB modems are not working due to low power from the Pi Zero port.

I've also realised that Raspberry Pi OS now offers overlayfs and a read-only fs which is the main reason I was choosing PiCore. However its an excellent little OS so congratulations on the work done so far and to these helpful forums.