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fu-altos-device.c trivial: Convert FuAltosDevice to use G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE 2018-05-29 09:29:15 +01:00
fu-altos-device.h trivial: Convert FuAltosDevice to use G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE 2018-05-29 09:29:15 +01:00
fu-altos-firmware.c Adjust all licensing to LGPL 2.1+ (Closes: #526) 2018-05-29 09:03:13 +01:00
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meson.build trivial: Remove the AltOS noinst tool 2018-05-18 10:25:49 +01:00
README.md Add support for flashing the ChaosKey 2017-01-09 12:21:35 +00:00

Altos Support

Introduction

Altos is a 8051 operating system for Altus-Metrum projects. The ChaosKey is a hardware random number generator that attaches via USB.

When the ChaosKey when inserted it appears as a device handled by the kernel with VID 0x1d50 and PID 0x60c6. If pins 1 and 5 are shorted as the device is connected then the bootloader is run, which presents VID 0xfffe and PID 0x000a.

The bootloader communication is not handled in the kernel, and a tty device is created so userspace can communicate with the hardware. Commands the bootloader accept are as follows:

List Information

Command: l\n Several lines of text about the device are transferred to the host, e.g.

altos-loader
manufacturer     altusmetrum.org
product          AltosFlash
flash-range      08001000 08008000
software-version 1.6.8

There doesn't appear to be any kind of end-of-message signal.

Read Flash

Command: R $addr\n where $addr is a memory address 0x8001000->0x8008000. 256 bytes of raw data are then transferred to the host.

Write Flash

Command: W $addr\n where $addr is a memory address 0x8001000->0x8008000. 256 bytes of raw data are then transferred to the device.

Application Mode

Command: v\n The device will reboot into application mode. This is typically performed after flashing firmware completes successfully.