10.1.3 image and Firmware q2e42

[Daniel Castelo]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> > If you based your image on OLPC OS 10.1.3 then after installation the
> > firmware will be automatically upgraded to Q2E45, so you should test
> > with Q2E45.
>
> Daniel -
>
> James is right here. Just include /boot/bootfw.zip in your image
> (os-builder will do the right thing if you provide the "unsigned"
> bootfw rpm and follow the signing procedures).
>

For some bad experiences that we had in the past, the decision is not allow
users to update the firmware. Just our technical team (and maybe volunteers)
will do it.  I know that we could include the firmware updating process in
our software image release. I am pretty sure that all the bad experiences
that support this decision are related to an old firmware version. I suppose
that a good way to ensure that users could update the firmware without
problems is make a pilot. But we don't have enough time now, maybe for the
next firmware release.


>
> Right after install, each boot will check if there is battery+external
> power, and if those 2 conditions are met, will upgrade OFW.
>
> About your keyboard issues -- things have changed a bit from 8.2.x to
> 10.1.x in how we manage the keyboard. Can you tell us what you're
> trying to do (perhaps in a separate email thread), and we'll find a
> good way to do it.
>
> cheers,
>
>
> m
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