OLPC Firmware Q2A52

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OLPC Firmware Production Release Q2A52 - 2006-11-12

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

File:Olpc-Q2A52.rom

MD5
558e0db768e743438d1b88a5c21727c6  olpc-Q2A52.rom

Changes since Q2A42

• EC update to A51
• OFW: Flash preserves mfg data
• OFW: Sets keyboard type in CMOS RAM based on manufacturing data
• OFW: Network is enabled - works with Ax88772 and Ax8817x USB ethernet chips
• OFW: Boot process polish - color icons, speedups, function key handling, less screen flashing
• OFW: USB STALL fixes - some USB devices (e.g. keyboards) that used to fail now work
• OFW: Serial and kbd/screen console now work simultaneously
• OFW Compilation process: Fixes to make gunzip work with gcc 4
• OFW Compilation process: Built from open source svn upstream instead of from tarball

Installation Caveats

• 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.

Known issues

• 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
• Dirctory symlinks have a problem.