Announcing reform-tools 1.83

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Hi,

I’d like to make you aware of the upcoming reform-tools release 1.83. It is a rather big one and thus has a higher likelihood to break your systems if I messed up. Here is the changelog.

  • Add support for QUASAR QCS6490 and QCS8550
  • machines:
    • LS1028A: update to 2025-12-24 with new offset at 1048576
    • RK3588, A311D, i.mx8mq, i.mx8m+: update to 2026-01-11 with 512 byte alignment
  • Add plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles to bootargs
  • audio/ucm2.conf.d: enable microphone in profile for rk3588 pocket/next
  • bin/{pocket-,}reform-handbook: make handbook package optional by printing an error if it’s not installed
  • bin/reform-chat: allow to specify a nickname
  • bin/reform-check:
    • apt-get indextargets can output multiple entries for the reform
      repository: one for each configured architecture
    • check for leftovers of reform-setup-wizard:
      /etc/profile.d/reform-setup.sh
    • check if reform-branding is installed
    • check if /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0 exists and has the right symlink
    • run jq with --raw-output to prevent extra quotes from being added to string output
    • fix missing double quote in suggested 00reform2_tuigreet_loglevel
    • lpc firmware check also works on pocket reform
    • LS1028A also uses /sys/bus/spi/drivers/reform2_lpc/spi0.0
    • parse the new u-boot version format
    • print a warning if ‘single’ is in the kernel cmdline
    • print error if dtb is zero bytes long
    • print reason why header packages are needed
    • remove redundant text on imx8mq
    • test /boot/boot.scr for syntax errors if shellcheck is installed
    • warn if header files do not exist in
      /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
  • bin/reform-flash-uboot:
    • add --dry-run
    • add --verbose
    • allow a dot in the machine name (i.mx8m+ has one)
    • also abort flashing if u-boot would override GUID partition table (like
      a311d u-boot does because it starts at 512 bytes)
    • clarify error message when trying to write u-boot for a platform that
      cannot boot from sd-card to an sd-card
    • prefix messages with I: and E:
    • verify what got written using cmp and sha1sum
    • only write as many zeroes as u-boot is large
    • warn that u-boot >= 2026-01-11 prefers nvme over emmc
  • libexec/reform-tools/reform-power-daemon:
    • test if hid device exists before redirecting into it
    • silence grep output
  • etc/profile.d:
    • export variables instead of just setting them
    • scripts are sourced and do not need to have execute permissions
  • kernel/zz-reform-tools:
    • fail if dtb required for the running machine was not found
    • respect /usr/lib/modules/$version/dtb as the new default for dtbs
    • Run find with -H because /usr/lib/linux-image-$version might be a symlink
  • examples/keyboard_rainbow.py:
    • make setproctitle optional
    • print error messages when device cannot be opened for writing
    • use /dev/input/by-id/*-hidraw symlinks to discover correct hidraw device
  • Makefile: install /etc/profile.d/reform-mali.sh
  • Stop installing /usr/share/xdg-terminal-exec/sway-xdg-terminals.list
  • Add .gitignore
  • Add .mailmap

As usual, please do not hesitate to report any bugs you find.

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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