#6541 LOW Never A: at boot allow more time to press game keys

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#6541: at boot allow more time to press game keys
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  Reporter:  mikus                |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com                
      Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  low                  |   Milestone:  Never Assigned                   
 Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
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  Verified:  0                    |    Blocking:                                   
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Comment(by wmb at firmworks.com):

 Instead of slowing down booting for everyone, how about getting a
 developer key, building your own custom version of the firmware and making
 it do whatever you want.

 svn co svn://openbios.org/openfirmware
 cd openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/build
 make

 The whole process takes 45 seconds, including the time it takes to type
 those commands.

 The output file name is listed on the last line of the compilation output.
 You can transfer the file to a USB key and flash it with:

   ok flash u:\q2d13.rom

 You can change the version number to reflect your changes by editing
 openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/versions.fth - for example you might say:

    macro: FW_MINOR 13x

 To add a delay before the game key test, edit
 openfirmware/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/gamekeys.fth .
 Add a line just after ": read-game-keys  ( -- )"

    d# 500 ms

 That is half a second, i.e. 500 milliseconds.  Adjust the time as desired.

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