New system firmware to test

[Jim Gettys]

Joel,

Please request an MP system via the developer's program.

In fact, this is true for anyone who got prototypes from us that doesn't
yet have an MP system.....  Having good developers testing against old
hardware doesn't help testing.
                        - Jim


On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 11:55 -0400, Richard A. Smith wrote:
> Joel Stanley wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Richard A. Smith <richard at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
> >> People who enjoy testing firmware please do so.
> > 
> > My touchpad was unusable.  B3, 703.  If I was lucky, I could get the
> > cursor to move ~5cm every minute (most of the time it didn't move).
> > 
> > I tried rebooting, and doing the 4-finger trick, but the issue
> > persisted.  Reflashed back to q2d14 and the touchpad works fine.
> > 
> > I haven't been keeping up with things, so there's not a known
> > incompatibility with the old kernels?
> 
> Reflash again and test several full power cycles. ie no battery & no ext 
> power.  The act of reflashing forces a calibrate to happen.
> 
> There are no touchpad related changes in the new EC code.  All of the 
> touchpad driver changes are via the kernel.  So if you have an old 
> kernel you have the old touchpad driver.
> 
> I'm not sure that testing on a B3 is worth much.  I think A different 
> touchpad firmware was in use then.
> 
-- 
Jim Gettys <jg at laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child