On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 12:14:56AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:06 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> > the kernel has the right to convert the write into an
> > effectively synchronous operation.
>
> I am not understanding... can you explain a bit more why it'll turn
> synch
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 05:19:18PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> Following on from my question about OS images, does the XO check the
> integrity of a firmware file before writing it? bootfw.zip files can
> be checked against the CRC, but what about the .rom files?
bootfw.zip files contain a
> Over time, most embedded system developers have pushed their work
> upstream. This happened gradually as system developers learned that
> it was more expensive to maintain their customizations locally then to
> work with upstream. The tipping point was often found as system
> developers tried t
One of the areas Activity Central is trying to help Sugar Labs and
OLPC is by pushing deployment working upstream. The core premis
behind open source development is, "If the software is useful and the
source code is freely available, users will adopt and improve it to
meet their needs." We are se
sridhar wrote:
> Following on from my question about OS images, does the XO check the
> integrity of a firmware file before writing it? bootfw.zip files can
> be checked against the CRC, but what about the .rom files?
the .rom files contain an internal checksum which is validated before
flashin
hal wrote:
>
> rich...@laptop.org said:
> > One absolute we know is that the touchpad hates multi-touches. If you
> > have
> > more than 1 point of contact with the sensor then it will go bonkers. Due
> > to the button placement below the touchpad this is quite easy to do. Its
> > tr
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Simon Schampijer wrote:
> On 02/04/2011 12:43 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:37 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
>>> FYI: Early Fedora 15 builds don't run on the Geode, again. This time,
>>> people seem to be on the issue, and may resolve it without
