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- Around line 136-149: Update the Step 1 backup instructions to include
/opt/eight/config/machine.json, and clarify that the Step 5 configuration and G0
firmware replacement applies only to a Pod 3 hub paired with a Pod 4 cover; do
not imply it applies to a Pod 3 hub with a Pod 3 cover.
- Line 103: Add an explicit scp transfer block before Step 4 so the files used
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Thanks for writing this up. The cross-generation details and the .swu SoC warning are useful, and both CodeRabbit threads are resolved. A few things before merge:
- Rollback: the backups from Step 1 are never restored anywhere. Please add a rollback section (inline note on Step 1).
- Hub firmware scope: Step 4 stages
firmware-frozen.bbinfor everyone on Option 2, sofrankreflashes the hub thermal controller. Please scope the "universal" claim to the hardware you've verified (inline note). sp-statussample: it doesn't match the real output (suggestion inline).
Minor: nats stream subjects raw lists per-subject message counts, not rates, so "Inspect active message rates" reads better as "Confirm messages are arriving".
Also, the required Site checks workflow is waiting on maintainer approval because this PR comes from a fork. I'll approve it once these are addressed.
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🟠 Major · Copy the root SSH key from its effective location. · firmware-updates.mdx:318-320
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftCopy the root SSH key from its effective location.
The Core installer writes the key to the path that
sshdactually reads. That path can be under/home/root, rather than/etc/ssh/authorized_keys. On such an installation, both copies fail, but the procedure continues and can leave Slot B without the user's SSH key. Resolve the effective key path, copy it to the corresponding Slot B path, and verify the result before unmounting. (github.com)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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🟠 Major · Verify Slot B before writing to it. · firmware-updates.mdx:315
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftVerify Slot B before writing to it.
The command assumes that
/dev/mmcblk0p7is the inactive backup partition. It does not confirm the active slot or stop ifmountfails. A failed mount lets later commands write under/mnt/slot_bon the running filesystem; an incorrect partition mapping can write to the wrong slot. Check the board and active slot, confirm the mounted device, and stop on any command failure before copying files. The root-access guide also limits its partition commands to a verified Slot A boot path. (github.com)Based on learnings: instructions that write disk images must confirm the target device path and hardware variant before writing.
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- Around line 318-320: Update the Slot B SSH-key copy steps to resolve the
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- Around line 342-343: Guard the machine.json copy in the Slot B synchronization
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Thanks for the thorough revisions. I re-ran pnpm check on this branch locally (CI does not run for first-time fork PRs) and it passes, and I verified the sp-status strings, the rootfs_a/rootfs_b → mmcblk0p5/p7 mapping, and the stock sshd_config_readonly contents against an MT8365 Pod 3 hub. One blocking issue in the Slot B script, plus two minor notes you can take or leave.
Stop chmod-ing Slot B's /etc/ssh to 700 and append root's key to /etc/ssh/authorized_keys instead of replacing rewt's. Also re-enable a pre-existing nats-server unit on rollback and fail Step 7 early when /tmp/frankenfirmware is gone after a reboot. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Documents how to update the underlying Eight Sleep stock firmware daemons and microcontroller firmware, with specific guidance for cross-generation hardware pairings (e.g., a Pod 3 hub paired with a Pod 4 cover) and legacy hubs lacking NATS JetStream telemetry.
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content/core/firmware-updates.mdxfrankenfirmware, STM32 microcontrollers)..swuarchives (including thepod3channel) target NXP i.MX 8M Mini. Flashing one whole bricks a MediaTek MT8365 hub, so the guide has readers runcat /proc/device-tree/modelfirst. The ARM64 userspace binaries and STM32.bbinimages inside the archive run on either.subsystem_updates,machine.json, pre-existing NATS files); artifact extraction and explicitscptransfers (hub firmwarefirmware-frozen.bbinis a separate, optional transfer); NATS JetStream setup whoserawstream provisioning waits for the server and skips the stream if it already exists; UART mapping and G0 fallback staging scoped to Pod 3 hub + Pod 4 cover withset -eand directory creation;frankenfirmwaredeployment.subsystem_updatesthrough a staging directory, and removes only the NATS files the guide installed. Converted to sequential commands underset -eso partial restore failures fail loudly. The microcontroller downgrade path is explicitly labelled untested.sp-statuspipeline block,nats stream subjects rawwith measured subject rates and consistent512MB--max-bytesstream capacity notation, andbiometrics.dbrow checks.AuthorizedKeysFilethroughsshd -T, and verifies the copied key. It also addsrootto Slot B's stockAllowUsers rewtso key login works after failover, guards the optionalmachine.jsoncopy, and ensures target system directories exist before symlinking.sleepypod/core@9bbc723,free-sleep@e517213, archived releases).'firmware-updates': 'Update stock firmware'incontent/core/_meta.tsunder Set up.content/troubleshooting/core.mdxunder Biometrics are empty for bootloader address errors (BL: Likely wrong Firmware address).Verification
pn 20500, rev0504) with a Pod 4 cover: SoC model,machine.jsonmapping,rawstream limits, subject rates,libnatsloading,biometrics.dbtables, and Slot B partition labels andsshdconfig. The rollback unit check, the stream provisioning block, and the Slot Bsshdedit (run against copies of Slot B's configs) were also exercised there.pnpm check: formatting, media checksums, static build and search index, type check, and all 166 Playwright tests passed.coderabbit review --agent --fresh: 0 findings.Summary by CodeRabbit