[OLPC Networking] Testing the Wireless driver changes

Benjamin M. Schwartz bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu
Fri Jan 18 14:57:06 EST 2008


On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 14:47 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> So wait, what's going on here?  I thought the devices attached to school
> servers were just run-of-the-mill USB 8388 devices like the 8388
> daughterboard of the XO, but different connector, right?
> 
> What is the post-boot firmware flash functionality supposed to apply to,
> the host-less active antenna? (which is what I heretofore had
> understood).

These two are the same device (active antenna).  The device behaves
differently depending on whether it detects a USB link on startup.

--Ben



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