[OLPC-devel] Please convert your boards to LinuxBIOS.

[Jim Gettys]

Ihe Insyde BIOS has started complaining about the date, and refuse to
boot unless you set the date back.  If you encounter this, just set the
date in the Insyde BIOS in the range of June or July as a temporary
workaround.

But we are now very happy to announce the "Let's stop breaking bones
release!". 

We would like everyone to move to LinuxBIOS, along with:
  o using Linux as a bootloader
  o the gxfb fbdev console device driver
  o the "amd" EXA X Window System driver with early support for 
    alpha blending
  o native Linux support for updating the BIOS flash.
  o JFFS2 file system support for the internal flash
  o Marvell Wireless driver 
        (Please make sure your antennae are installed!)
  o An very early version of the Sugar user interface framework.

Please read the installation directions found at:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_to_LinuxBIOS carefully, and make
sure you understand them, before starting the upgrade.

On behalf of the many people who made this possible, our great thanks!
                              - Jim Gettys
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Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child