#461 NORM First D: reflashers overwrite manufacturing data

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#461: reflashers overwrite manufacturing data
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  Reporter:  wmb at firmworks.com  |       Owner:  J5                    
      Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                   
  Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  First Deployment, V1.0
 Component:  distro             |     Version:                        
Resolution:                     |    Keywords:                        
  Verified:  0                  |  
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Changes (by wmb at firmworks.com):

  * owner:  cscott => J5


Comment:

 The right thing to do is to completely remove the Linux-based reflashers
 from the OS build.  They are currently unused (and unusable because of
 this problem), and will soon be completely ineffective as a result of the
 firmware setting the write-protect latch prior to invoking the operating
 system.

 I recommend removing them immediately, as they currently have no
 legitimate use, and if someone were to use them by mistake, the machine
 would be ruined by loss of mfg data.

 Reassigning to J5.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/461#comment:8>
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