[Trac #638] olpc-bios-sig needs to be less strict

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#638: olpc-bios-sig needs to be less strict
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 Reporter:  dilinger  |        Owner:  blizzard
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high      |    Milestone:  BTest-3 
Component:  distro    |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:            |  
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Comment (by wmb at firmworks.com):

 That patch will probably work - but there is an alternative approach that
 I think would be better still.  Instead of burying the decision logic
 inside olpc-bios-sig where it is hard to change and not easily visible, do
 the testing in the shell script.  olpc-bios-sig then becomes a single-
 purpose too - read the signature.

 I.e., in /etc/init.d/olpc-configure, instead of:
     if /usr/sbin/olpc-bios-sig ; then
 use
     if [ `/usr/sbin/olpc-bios-sig | cut -c 7-8` == Q2 ]; then

 I believe that this approach is more in keeping with our goals of
 transparency and discoverability.

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