[OLPC-devel] Re: BIOS Flash Disaster Recovery

[Ronald G Minnich]

Mark J. Foster wrote:

> One thing is clear. Let's make sure that the "standard" Flash update 
> utility leaves the EC code intact when possible, for that'll save 
> everyone a lot of heartburn. Beyond that point, I'm starting to wonder 
> if it will be worth the effort to try to make CN20 more accessible 
> externally...
>


Thanks mark.

I am changing the Config.lb for linuxbios today to be (1M-64K) instead 
of 1M. the flash utility will NEVER touch the low 64K -- it will be 
"hardwired" so it can't. If you want to reflash the EC, that will be a 
seperate utility. So we'll have some software firewalls against mucking 
with the EC.

What kind of cheapo connector could you do that would allow for CN20 
extension?

ron