Q2D04 available for testing
Mitch Bradley
wmb at laptop.org
Fri Nov 9 11:55:14 EST 2007
The firmware release candidate for Update.1 is ready for testing
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2d04
The most significant improvements are in the firmware networking
support. OFW wireless networking is completely broken in Q2D03 due to a
problem with the firmware in the wireless module. Q2D04 works around
that problem, and also fixes a few other issues that made association
with wireless access points rather hit or miss.
The main thing that I would like for people to test is the ability to
update the NAND filesystem wirelessly via the firmware.
Please see http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2740 for details of the
procedure the firmware uses to find the update image.
Basically, you need a signed image (osXXX.img + corresponding fs.zip)
on something that acts like a school server. Acting like a SS means that it
* uses the IP address 172.18.0.1
* has a wireless AP whose SSID is either school-mesh-0, school-mesh-1,
or school-mesh-2 .
* has an HTTP server that serves the osXXX.img and fs.zip files from the
http root directory
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