John, It sounds like you recommend that Quanta put 624 on the laptops at the end of mfg test.
Is that true? If so, I would support that decision as well; and we don't need to go through the release testing for 625. Regards, Kim On 11/4/07, John Watlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There shouldn't be any problems if 624 is used for MP. > The testing process is there for a reason, and should be strictly > followed. > > The DCON bug that 625 fixes (#4479) will only show up on a small > number of machines, and it's frequency is low enough in normal > operation of our current software (where we only support sleep, > not automatic suspend) that it will be an extremely rare complaint > (roughly one tenth of the machines will show the problem once > every 5-20K resumes --- that's a lot of button pushes!). When the > display is powered down automatically for power conservation, > the code path should reinitialize the DCON correctly. > > It is a low severity bug, the user hits any key and the problem > clears up. > RMA requests for machines showing this problem can be answered with a > request that they upgrade their software. > > John > > On Nov 4, 2007, at 12:32 AM, Richard A. Smith wrote: > > > Jim Gettys wrote: > > > >>> > >>>> Ship.1 are the bits Quanta is currently putting on > >>>> machines in > >>>> the > >>>> factory. It is Build 624; Firmware Q2D03. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> We are putting build 625 on mass production machines starting > >>>> Monday, > >>>> because this addresses a suspected bug, the failure to > >>>> initialize the > >>>> DCON registers when power is re-applied to DCON. Build 625 is in > >>>> testing by Quanta right now. > > > > I just spoke with Arnold about the current 624/625 testing status. > > > > 624 testing was completed by Quanta and is ready to go. They were not > > able to start testing 625 because there was no signed image. > > > > Current plan is for 624 to go onto the machines. > > > > _If_ we claim that 625 are the new bits and sign them for use on MP > > machines then Quanta can start testing 625 on Monday morning. > > > > They _might_ be able to complete the testing in time for MP but Arnold > > says it will involve a lot of work from the .tw testing team. > > > > Gary and I will be headed to CSMC at 8pm Changshu time to look a the > > results of the > 24 hour DCON test. I'll report back the results and > > then the team can make the call on going with 624 or trying to push > > for > > 625. > > > > -- > > Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > One Laptop Per Child > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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