upgrading firmware on activated laptops

[Mitch Bradley]

Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
>>> Please note that there are users like me who have the exact problem
>>> described by http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5558.  I have been
>>> totally __unable__ to gain access to the Open Firmware "ok" prompt.
>>>       
>> Please read the top section of
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Autoreinstallation_image:
>>
>>   This page is for software developers only. It does not apply to Give
>>   One Get One laptops unless you first get a developer key; until then,
>>   please use the olpc-update or activated upgrade method.
>>     
>
> The reason I posted to 'devel' was to publicize that there seem to 
> be OLPC systems on which the "ok" prompt does __not__ show up.
>
>
> [Are you saying that *unless* the owner installs a developer key, 
> the "ok" prompt on his system is deactivated ?  If so, perhaps the 
> top section of that wiki page ought to be clarified.  I had thought 
> that page as describing who should be using the autoreinstallation 
> process, *not* as describing whether the "ok" prompt would show up.]
>   

On a laptop with security enabled, you must have a developer key to get 
access to the ok prompt.

 From the ok prompt, you have complete access to all of the hardware's 
capabilities, so allowing unrestricted access to the ok prompt would 
make the OLPC security features completely ineffective.
> [I was looking on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_the_firmware, 
> in the 'Manual upgrade' section.  Didn't notice any mention there of 
> 'software developers' being the only ones to need the "ok" prompt.]
>
> mikus
>
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