#5422 NORM Update.: Pending firmware update apparently prevents boot until AC power is applied

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#5422: Pending firmware update apparently prevents boot until AC power is applied
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  Reporter:  gnu                  |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Update.1         
 Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:                   
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
  Verified:  0                    |    Blocking:                   
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Comment(by Eben):

 Replying to [comment:10 cscott]:
 > On another note, I'd like to get some of OFW's messages translated into
 (say) five languages.  "Security failure" and "AC not present" are the
 ones I can think of that could stand to be more friendly.  Mitch might
 know others (or he might prefer to get icons for all such messages).

 I commented similarly above, noting that the user experience really needs
 improvement at this level.  For instance, "AC not present" really isn't a
 message that a general audience will understand, whereas "please connect
 to power" might be.  In addition to translating these friendlier messages
 into a few languages, I'd really like to be given a list of all such
 messages (in another ticket?) so that we can come up with some friendly
 static screens to show in these circumstances.

 As a side note, do we still want to indicate (even when "booting anyway")
 that the update was skipped due to lack of power?  It seems wrong to
 silently bypass this completely.  Perhaps the "Please connect to power"
 screen could offer a way to skip the update and boot anyway?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5422#comment:11>
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