olpc.fth

[Jerry Vonau]

On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 16:21 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Just a quick question is it possible to run commands that are available
> > at OFW prompt inside the olpc.fth file? I'm looking at trying to run
> > add-tag-from-file from within olpc.fth.
> 
> I used to think you could, but according to Reuben and Mitch... you
> can't. By the time boot.fth gets executed, OFW has put the memory back
> in readonly mode.
> 
> So the add-tag game should be done with a proper keyjector.
> 
> Impractical but safer.
> 

Then the trick for olpc.fth would be to store the info and reboot to
flash the info in, like how bootfw.zip is handled.

just thinking out loud,

Jerry