Open Firmware test image available

Mitch Bradley wmb at firmworks.com
Fri Oct 13 12:25:18 EDT 2006


James Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:03:18PM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote:
>   
>> An Open Firmware image for OLPC is available for testing.  See 
>> http://firmworks.com/linux/OFWtest.html for complete instructions.
>>     
>
> I've tried ofw-061011-1916 on both of my A-Test boards, and it worked
> fantastically.  It was very quick to start, seemed like under a second.
> I was able to see the devices, add words to the dictionary, and examine
> definitions.  Worked via USB keyboard, screen, and serial port.
>
> Two probably trivial problems I noted were:
>
> 0.  the processor and companion chip seemed much warmer, but it could
> just be the hot weather here ... is the ofw spinning?
>   
Yes, it continuously polls the keyboard.

The plan is to put some studly power management in, as a test of the 
hardware, when we get over this B1 hardware crunch.




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