#12476 NORM Not Tri: Nandblaster transmitter cannot upload firmware with forced transmit channel (8686 & 8787)

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#12476: Nandblaster transmitter cannot upload firmware with forced transmit channel
(8686 & 8787)
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 Reporter:  greenfeld            |                 Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com                
     Type:  defect               |                Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal               |             Milestone:  Not Triaged                      
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |               Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:                       |           Next_action:  diagnose                         
 Verified:  0                    |   Deployment_affected:                                   
Blockedby:                       |              Blocking:                                   
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 Trying to force a transmit channel for Nandblaster fails to download
 firmware to both 8686 & 8787 wireless cards with Q7B11 on XO-4s.

 A plain "nb-update" works to start transmitting with a 8686 (but not a
 8787).

 {{{
 OLPC 4C2, 1063 MHz, 2 GiB memory, 8 GB internal storage, S/N SHC24700682
 OpenFirmware  Q7B11   EC Firmware 0.3.08   2013-01-16 15:09:37 UTC

 Type 'help' for more information.

 ok nb-update6
 Boot device: /dropin-fs:nb_tx  Arguments: thinmac:OLPC-NANDblaster,6
 u:\fs.zd 20 131072
 Failed to download firmware
 Can't open network
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12476>
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