On Oct 17, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
I'm wondering what is the recommended process for changing an XO
motherboard. The hardware side is relatively straightforward. However,
new motherboards come with blank serial numbers.
What is the impact of leaving the SN# in the mfg-data blank? My
understanding is that parts of the XO OS first-boot setup and
interactions with an XS are derived from the serial number.
I can't recommend leaving it blank. It is a required field in the
manufacturing data, which is expected to be present and to be
unique among XOs.
We have devised a method (using an olpc.fth script) to write the
serial number of the XO chassis to the mfg-data on the board. What is
the method used in other deployments?
Good. That should work well. How are you generating/setting the UUID,
the secret part of the device authentication ?
I too am interested in hearing how other deployments such as Uruguay
deal with this problem.
Cheers,
wad
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