[Server-devel] Spreadsheet, Active Antenna, and this weekend
John Watlington
wad at laptop.org
Fri Feb 15 22:31:56 EST 2008
Tony,
If you follow the other method of upgrading an antenna, using the
driver method:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Active_Antenna_Reprogramming#Driver_Method
you should be fine upgrading from 3105.
You are "Fixing an Active Antenna", not "Upgrading a Mesh
Repeater". I will update
the wiki to be clearer about this. A Mesh Repeater is an active
antenna that just
has power applied --- it is not connected to a server. It simply
acts as another mesh
node, extending the mesh's reach.
This means you want to download Boot2_3107.bin and link it as
usb8388_boot2.bin,
where it says Boot2_311A.bin in the current "Driver Method"
instructions.
Hope this gets you rolling,
wad
On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Tony Pearson wrote:
>
> M,
> I followed the User Setup Method.
>
> (a) Did "mv" to move the libertas modules to /root
> (b) yum install libusb-devel
> (c1) yum install git
> (c2) git clone the "libertas-flash" code
> (d) ran "make" to compile
> (e) lsusb -v -d 1286:2001 | grep bcdDevice
>
> Here I find that my 8388 UCB is only at 31.05 level of the code.
> In the instructions, it states:
> The response should be something like "31.09" (indicating the
> shipped Boot2 firmware version), "31.07" (indicating current boot-
> from-host-only Boot2 firmware), or "31.1A" (indicating current
> stand-alone mesh repeater firmware). If you get a response other
> than this, please contact server-devel at laptop.org as upgrading
> earlier versions (which shouldn't be encountered in the field)
> require additional steps.
>
> So, since I am 31.05, I am requested the "additional steps
> required" to get to the 31.07 level.
>
> Thanks
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> Senior Storage Consultant, IBM System Storage™
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> Michail Bletsas <mbletsas at laptop.org>
> 02/14/2008 02:54 PM
>
> To
> Tony Pearson/Tucson/IBM at IBMUS
> cc
> Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com>, server-devel at laptop.org
> Subject
> Re: [Server-devel] Spreadsheet, Active Antenna, and this weekend
>
>
>
>
>
> Tony.
>
> What you got, is the 8388 development board (which is functionaly
> equivalent to the active antenna).
> It comes with an external antenna and a pigtail. It should be fairly
> obvious how to connect the antenna to the pigtail and the pigtail
> to the
> board.
> After that, all you have to do, is to plug the module into a USB
> port of
> the "schoolserver" machine.
>
> Please note that the firmware on the module, self boots into mesh
> repeater
> mode (hence the term "active antenna") when the module gets powered
> and
> the host doesn't try to download firmware to it.
> In practical terms that means that during reboots of the server the
> module
> will not be properly enumerated and will have to be removed and be
> plugged
> in again with the server fully running.
>
> The wiki page http://wiki.laptop.org/go/
> Active_Antenna_Reprogramming has
> instructions on how to change the modules boot2 code so that it
> doesn't
> autoboot when attached to a server.
>
> M.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tony Pearson <tpearson at us.ibm.com>
> Sent by: server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org
> 02/14/2008 02:59 PM
>
> To
> server-devel at lists.laptop.org
> cc
> Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com>
> Subject
> [Server-devel] Spreadsheet, Active Antenna, and this weekend
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Team,
> I have gotten my active antenna from OLPC. As soon as Julia or
> Michail
> provide me instructions
> on how to put it together, I can begin mesh testing.
>
> My current test configuration is:
>
> (internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with WiFi)---(XS) ---Active
> Antenna--XO
>
> If necessary, I can try to get a second box to act as proxy, and some
> additional NIC cards and
> cross over cables. Let me know if that is required, or if the
> tests are
> valid with the configuration above.
> Another option is that I can use my one box in two configurations.
>
> (internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with WiFi)---(Squid) ---Active
> Antenna--XO
>
> This would mean testing the Squid box by itself, and the XS by itself,
> for those testcases focused on one or the other. I will pull one
> of my
> other
> PCs out of the closet, and perhaps get that one to be my second box.
>
> SJ> You mentioned OLPC are doing mostly in Python. While all of
> the XO
> client code is in Python, the
> XS server code, driven by Moodle, is in PHP. And I have received some
> sample PERL scripts for
> the install from mis amigos en Uruguay. I am agnostic to
> languages, but
> would like to think we standardize
> to Python for client, and PHP for server side code for now.
>
> Greg>
> As for backing up the /home directory from the XO to the XS, I was
> envisioning a PHP page on the
> server that the student could navigate to, and this would perform
> the file
> upload. It would require the
> students to take action to cause this to happen. It sounds like an
> automated solution would be better,
> but how did you want this to be kicked off, once per day?
>
> Brian>
> I am looking at the spreadsheet you sent. On "Software" I think you
> should add Fedora level, especially
> if Wad upgrades from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8, and also Linux kernel
> level. On
> "Content" can you provide URLs
> for all of these besides "Wikipedia.org" I know, but the others?
> Do we
> have "OLPC Library Content" to
> test with? What were you looking for under "Space Used"? Did you
> mean
> memory RAM used, or
> disk MB used? Please clarify.
>
> My thoughts on the Test Cases:
>
> "Apply image to XO from USB" -- I have my developer key, but was
> under the
> assumption that most XO
> do not have a developer key? Do you want me to test this process
> with and
> without developer key?
> I need instructions on how to do "Apply Image from USB" as I have
> never
> done this before, and which
> images (I am running 653 now) you want me to test.
>
> "Chat with Other XO" -- Ok, to test chat before, I used my Thinkpad
> T60
> running QEMU using
> the website "xochat.org" to connect with my XO laptop. If we have
> ejabberd running on the XS, would
> I connect my laptop and XO to "ejabberd" and have the XO over the
> mesh,
> and the Thinkpad over
> the Wi-Fi? If not, I will need to borrow my friend's XO for a pure
> mesh-to-mesh test.
>
> "Can launch Squeak Activity from Moodle" -- is this the same as
> eToys, or
> did you mean the
> developers version of Squeak on the OLPC website?
>
> "Fill up the XOs hard drive" -- I love this one. In general, I
> think we
> should also develop some
> tools that generate activity, this would help identify memory leaks
> and
> what logs needs to be
> tailed over time.
>
> "Remove activities manually" -- what does this mean. I have been
> able to
> add activities to my
> XO by downloading the XO files to my Journal and installing them,
> but the
> only way I have been
> able to remove them was dropping down into "Terminal" activity and
> hacking
> away at the file
> trees with "rm" commands. Is there a better way to test this?
>
> "Type in Nepali, Save text in Nepali" -- as I mentioned before, Nepali
> text does not appear
> properly on my XO. I had set up this test page (
> http://www.990tony.com/olpc/index.php)
> which shows correctly on my Windows XP with both English and Nepali
> script, but on my XO
> the Nepali script shows up as little black-and-white rectengles.
> Is there
> an image I need to
> install on my XO to be able to read both English and Nepali script?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> Tony Pearson
> Senior Storage Consultant, IBM System Storage™
> Telephone: +1 520-799-4309 | tie 321-4309 | Cell: +1 520 990-8669
> email: tpearson at us.ibm.com | GSA: http://tucgsa.ibm.com/~tpearson
> Blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage
> AKA: 990tony Paravane, eightbar specialist
>
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