#9972 NORM 1.5-sof: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range

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#9972: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range
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           Reporter:  Quozl                |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com                
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  assigned                         
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  1.5-software-update              
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  test in build        |    Verified:  0                                
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Comment(by Quozl):

 Retested on Q3A29d ... the above symptoms persist.

 A possibly related symptom occurs on a 4GB USB stick without restricting
 the partition size:

 {{{
 OLPC D1, 1 GiB memory installed, S/N SHC93701192
 OpenFirmware  CL1   Q3A29d Q3A   EC Firmware Ver:1.9.21

 Type 'help' for more information.

 ok p2
 USB2 devices:
 /pci/usb at 10,4/scsi at 1,0
 /pci/usb at 10,4/scsi at 1,0/disk
 USB1 devices:
 ok .partitions u
 Partition  Region   Boot  Format    Size (MB)

     1      Primary  No    ext2          3836
 ok to-file u:\test cr
 Can't open file
 ok
 }}}

 Different ticket?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9972#comment:10>
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