OLPC Firmware Q2A42

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OLPC Firmware Production Release Q2A42 - 2006-11-12

This is the production release for the B-test build.

MD5 2f7a1bb56ed76e5b3274bab37c239fed olpc-Q2A42.rom

If you use olpcflash to write this image, you must use the --brick option.
After you reflash, you must power cycle by physically removing power from the system. A warm-start or button-induced restart is not sufficient.

Some USB keyboards don't work behind a hub.
At least one USB keyboard dosen't work at all
Auto-repeat is slow on some USB keyboards
NVRAM storage for configuration variables is not yet implemented.
JFFS2 does not pay attention to the bad block table.
JFFS2 does not handle ECC
The boot menu is incomplete
Network drivers are not present
The new recipe for poweroff (using ACPI register PM1_CNT to ask SB to turn off main_on&sus_on) is not yet implemented.
Dirctory symlinks have a problem.