#11116 NORM 11.3.0: /ofw is now in /proc/device-tree/ - port userland

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#11116: /ofw is now in /proc/device-tree/ - port userland
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           Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |       Owner:  martin.langhoff
               Type:  task             |      Status:  new            
           Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  11.3.0         
          Component:  distro           |     Version:  not specified  
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                 
        Next_action:  never set        |    Verified:  0              
Deployment_affected:                   |   Blockedby:                 
           Blocking:  10893            |  
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Comment(by Quozl):

 Other things that use /ofw include:

  * olpc-pwr-log,
  * Sugar, My Settings, the power icon is removed if /ofw is absent,
  * Sugar, My Settings, About my Computer, obtains data from /ofw,
  * Sugar, Register, needs SN and U# to work,
  * the Backup activity, uses SN, and;
  * the Log activity, uses many items.

 Perhaps instead of /proc/device-tree, we should provide standard
 filesystem locations for SN and U#, or an OLPC specific utility program
 that can be called.  Had we done that, we might have been more insulated
 from this change.

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