Ack, this sounds complicated. I’m not sure how best to communicate this.

So the ZTE OPEN eBay devices are ikura, and the other ones are inari, or have I 
got that wrong? I’ve mainly written the MDN ZTE page from the point of view of 
the eBay devices, so perhaps I should add a section about non-eBay ZTE devices? 

Chris Mills
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On 4 Jan 2014, at 13:58, Robert Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:

> The thing there is that the *config setting* is correct, "inari" there works 
> for both the actual inari (testing) devices and the ZTE Open (ikura). The 
> generated builds only work on one of them, though, based on what device your 
> backed-up /system files come from.
> 
> KaiRo
> 
> 
> Chris Mills schrieb:
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> Feel free to pass corrections to me to implement, if needed. I wrote the 
>> current docs as they are because I was told the ZTE Open would work with 
>> Inari B2G builds. Let me know what is wrong and needs updating.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Chris Mills
>>    Senior tech writer || Mozilla
>> developer.mozilla.org || MDN
>>    [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 30 Dec 2013, at 07:38, Daniel Roesler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> So should the MDN page be changed to the correct config setting?
>>> On Dec 29, 2013 4:04 PM, "Robert Kaiser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Daniel Roesler schrieb:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Robert Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2) To prevent misunderstanding, please do not call them "inari" as that
>>>>>> code
>>>>>> name is used for a slightly different (testing-only) device on which
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> builds will not work correctly (just like the builds for the inari do not
>>>>>> work correctly on the ZTE Open) as the kernel modules are different. The
>>>>>> code name for the ZTE Open is ikura, so that probably makes sense to be
>>>>>> used
>>>>>> there.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> These are technically inari builds, since the command is "./config.sh
>>>>> inari". This is the configuration recommended for the ZTE Open in the
>>>>> wiki[3]. So, I suppose you could flash these builds to your true inari
>>>>> device, but I don't have one of those so cannot confirm if it works.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The "inari" build configuration can be used to generate builds for the
>>>> inari (testing device) as well as the ikura (ZTE Open) - but the resulting
>>>> build only work on the one whose kernel etc. you used for building. I know
>>>> it's confusing, but that's what it is. I ran into the same kind of issues
>>>> when trying a build generated for inari on a ZTE Open and found out it does
>>>> not work correctly (it boots but e.g. wifi isn't working) - I'm pretty sure
>>>> it's the same the other way round.
>>>> 
>>>> KaiRo
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