[Trac #1348] JFFS2 boot up issue?

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Tue Apr 17 17:35:30 EDT 2007


#1348: JFFS2 boot up issue?
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 Reporter:  mlj                  |        Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  new              
 Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:  Untriaged        
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |   Resolution:                   
 Keywords:                       |  
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Changes (by wmb at firmworks.com):

  * owner:  dwmw2 => wmb at firmworks.com
  * component:  distro => ofw - open firmware

Comment:

 The problem is in OFW.  OFW checks the CMOS RAM checksum at startup and,
 if wrong, clears the checksummed area.  The problem is an off-by-one bug
 in the clearing code, which is neglecting to clear the last checksum byte.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1348#comment:5>
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