ECO/8.1.2

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This is a software release.

Summary

Title

8.1.2 OS plus Q2e11 firmware

Description

The OS upgrade is to include the 'Failsafe' fix for NAND-full bug trac 7591. The Firmware upgrade is to support new motherboard hardware which is proposed and tested by quanta.

Date proposed

2008-07-15

Target date

2008-07-30

Priority

high.

Champion

Richard Smith/Kim Quirk

Reviewers

Normal testing

Special testing required

none

Rollout

• Manufacturing: As soon as released
• Field: manual reflash and customization to all machines destined for Haiti and Ethiopia

Discussion

Comments/discussion

Issues (Open, Fixed, Partially Fixed, Mysterious, and Not Fixed)

EC changes

#7463 board ID was updated to work with the soon to be relased C3 revision of the PCB.

OFW now has the ability to disable the ec battery subsystem if security is off.

OFW changes

Incorporate OFW2 modifications

#7399 - fixed "test /nandflash::fixbbt" command.

#7180 - new boot animation frames (background is white not gray) to match the new UI design.

#7141 - improved error messages for secure FS update.

SD driver - Increased data timeout to the max value, since some cards timeout with lesser values.

camera selftest - display the camera image expanded to fill the screen. In the movie mode, mirror image the display and automatically adjust the brighness according to the ambient conditions.

#7141 - added link to wiki page describing solution to "Bad hash" problem.

OS changes

Nand-full fix

#7591 - failsafe fix to delete large activity or user data file to ensure at least 50M of Nand is available. Without this fix, if the NAND fills up, the laptop will not boot.