Add runtime warning if the MCU firmware is out of date, based on a hash of the firmware sources#768
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Add runtime warning if the MCU firmware is out of date, based on a hash of the firmware sources#768
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| get_danger_options().warn_on_mismatched_firmware_sources | ||
| and sources_hash |
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msgproto will give back "unknown" if there is no source hash in the firmware (either pre this change, or non-klipper MCUs using the Anchor/Windlass implementation). This means that this will always alert for such MCUs.
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Consider prefixing the hash with a leader string indicating the version of the hash being used, to allow for changes to either the algo, or the way that it is fed in the future. (See how crypt(5) works for an example of this)
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| last_modified = max(file.stat().st_mtime for file in source_files) | ||
| if hash_cache.is_file() and hash_cache.stat().st_mtime >= last_modified: | ||
| return hash_cache.read_text() | ||
| hash = hashlib.blake2b(digest_size=16, usedforsecurity=False) |
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usedforsecurity is py3.9, which is not present in Debian bullseye or derivatives, which are still pretty common in live deployments. Consider wrapping until that leaves LTS (2026-08-31)
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Fixes to the MCU firmware currently do not trigger the "firmware out of date" error. That error only compares the MCU API dictionaries.
This generates a hash of the firmware sources, includes that in the MCU firmware build, and then compares against the current firmware at runtime.
I also added
[danger_options] warn_on_mismatched_firmware_sources: Falseas an option to disable this check.Checklist