New system firmware to test

[Richard A. Smith]

Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
>> http://dev.laptop.org/~rsmith/q20117.rom
>> People who enjoy testing firmware please do so.
> 
> Did not succeed in installing this.
> 
> Used 'flash' at the esc_prompt to write it onto my XO.
> But expected XO to reboot by itself - instead the power light went 
> off, and I had to manually press the power button to do the reboot.
> 
> HOWEVER, presumably because there is a /boot/bootfw.zip file in my 
> NAND -- as soon as the XO started booting, it automatically 
> __re-flashed__ the ROM to Q2E12.
> 
> Bottom line - my system didn't let me test q20117.rom

This is the desired behavior.  I purposefully do it this way.

Sorry that I neglected to include my instructions for first timers.  You 
either need to rm /versions/boot/current/boot/bootfw.zip or remove the 
external power while you boot.

-- 
Richard Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child