Build 472 - testing

[Dan Williams]

On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 08:10 -0400, Kim Quirk wrote:
> It looks like we may need/want to get the latest Marvell firmware and
> all known flag day updates into the build on Monday (if possible). At
> some point we just have to take the hit and ask everyone to upgrade,
> laptops and servers. 
> 
> As you mention, Dan, we need to do this in Cambridge first... so maybe
> this should be in Monday's build. I know we have the Marvell firmware
> (or can get it). Is there anything outstanding that we are still
> waiting on to have this flag day? 

We need to get Ronak's sign-off on any firmware that we plan to put in
public builds.  That can take a few days, though sometimes it's quick.

Dan


> Is there a reason NOT to do this as soon as possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kim
> 
> On 6/30/07, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 21:37 -0400, John (J5) Palmieri wrote:
>         > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:23 -0400, Kim Quirk wrote: 
>         > > Test Groups,
>         > > Build 472 is available, but the biggest problem is that it
>         doesn't get
>         > > on the mesh or infrastructure AP. Some activities are
>         working and
>         > > there is more to see in the Journal than the previous
>         build. 
>         > >
>         > > I'm hoping that we can get another build today with the
>         network
>         > > problem fixed since that would be important for our
>         'Release Candidate
>         > > 1'. Today's milestone is to get to RC1 which has most of
>         the basic 
>         > > functionality that was available in 406 builds. If we can
>         get the mesh
>         > > connecting again, that would be great!
>         > >
>         > > Test release notes:
>         http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_Group_Release_Notes
>         > > (Anyone can add notes about this release page -- please
>         do)
>         >
>         > I couldn't fix the mesh issues with the current
>         NetworkManager so I have
>         > backtracked to an earlier working version in build478.  This
>         one gets on
>         > the mesh and also on AP points.
>         >
>         >
>         http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/build478/
>         
>         So thinking about it again, we don't expect the new svn2621 NM
>         bits to
>         work with any existing mesh networks because the server
>         software and
>         hardware needs to change.
>         
>         We have to have a flag day in Cambridge too before we can get
>         the new NM 
>         automeshing bits, because the new bits aren't compatible with
>         the old
>         bits on the server side.
>         
>         Dan
>         
>         
>