OLPC Firmware Q2B14: Difference between revisions

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=== Changes since Q2B11 ===
* OFW: Fixed memory reporting problem that caused problems when Linux called back into OFW
* OFW: Sped up page table setup code by running it from RAM, thus shaving a couple of seconds from the OFW startup time.
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=== Known issues ===
=== Known issues ===

Revision as of 02:52, 17 December 2008

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OLPC Firmware Release Q2B14 - 2006-12-30

This is the first firmware release that is compatible with the Open Firmware filesystem in Linux (which lets Linux read the OFW device tree).

File:Olpc-Q2B14.rom

MD5: f8d276b3656818dca04e4e6da11a31f4


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Known issues

  • The device tree has some errors and omissions, and generally needs auditing.
  • Auto-repeat is slow on some USB keyboards
  • NVRAM storage for configuration variables is not yet implemented.
  • JFFS2 does not handle ECC
  • The boot menu is incomplete
  • Dirctory symlinks have a problem.


The ATest/Infineon RAMS variant of this firmware version has not been released.