There is a new version of the SPI FLASH Recovery instructions on the
wiki ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SPI_FLASH_Recovery ) and a
corresponding new version of the software that goes with it.
If you have already downloaded the old version (1.0) of the serial
recovery software, please discard it and get the new version.
The new version uses a single command:
ok flash [ filename ]
instead of separate commands for various steps of the process. (Unless
you are not using /dev/ttyS0)
The default filename is "olpc.rom".
The same command is in the Open Firmware OLPC firmware.
Separate options for flashing different parts - EC and BIOS - no longer
exist. Since the new boards don't have a PLCC socket that can be used
for non-serial recovery, putting in a bad BIOS section bricks the board
just as effectively as putting in a bad EC section. The simplified
procedure is easier to remember, and prevents EC/BIOS mismatch errors.
Later, when we have automated reflashing , that procedure will have to
behave differently, but during this phase of the development, the single
"flash" command that does everything is the right thing. Especially
since we are currently doing coordinated updates of EC and BIOS.
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