On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > If you based your image on OLPC OS 10.1.3 then after installation the > > firmware will be automatically upgraded to Q2E45, so you should test > > with Q2E45. > > Daniel - > > James is right here. Just include /boot/bootfw.zip in your image > (os-builder will do the right thing if you provide the "unsigned" > bootfw rpm and follow the signing procedures). > For some bad experiences that we had in the past, the decision is not allow users to update the firmware. Just our technical team (and maybe volunteers) will do it. I know that we could include the firmware updating process in our software image release. I am pretty sure that all the bad experiences that support this decision are related to an old firmware version. I suppose that a good way to ensure that users could update the firmware without problems is make a pilot. But we don't have enough time now, maybe for the next firmware release. > > Right after install, each boot will check if there is battery+external > power, and if those 2 conditions are met, will upgrade OFW. > > About your keyboard issues -- things have changed a bit from 8.2.x to > 10.1.x in how we manage the keyboard. Can you tell us what you're > trying to do (perhaps in a separate email thread), and we'll find a > good way to do it. > > cheers, > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > -- Ing. Daniel Castelo Plan Ceibal - Área Técnica Avda. Italia 6201 Montevideo - Uruguay. Tel.: 2 601 57 73 Interno 2228 E-mail : dcast...@plan.ceibal.edu.uy
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