On Mon, 23 May 2011, James Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 02:23:39PM +0700, [email protected] wrote: >> I never update for new OLPC firmware because it work for my old >> slackware 12.2. So, I don't want to mess it up. > > Okay, thanks. I was thinking more of your users than you. They might > try what you have done and fail to make it work on recent firmware > versions. And some firmware versions cannot be downgraded safely. You are very kind and helpful in saying so. It will be useless if what I made work only for myself. > So, can you tell me what version of firmware is on your XO-1 now? You > can find out in several ways, see the "Which Firmware Do You Have?" > section > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2e45#Which_Firmware_Do_You_Have.3F > >From your link I found that it was: CL1 Q2E25 Q2E Trying cat /ofw/openprom/model never work under OLPC slackware. >> Yes, under OLPC it was recent kernel I found at OLPC: 2.6.36-rc2. > > Okay, I haven't found this one yet. ;-) Could you tell me where you > found it? I normally look at http://dev.laptop.org/~kernels/ but that > version is not present there, > It was there: Exactly at http://dev.laptop.org/git/olpc-2.6/ >> Please let me know if the latest OLPC will not harm my OLPC 1.0 so >> that I can test it for you. > > I'd be happy to tell you. But first I need to know your installed > firmware version (see above), and hardware serial number. (Because > there are some very early hardware versions that cannot be safely > upgraded). So, my earlier guess is correct. Upgrade firmware can harm OLPC. Lucky me, I don't upgrade to new firmware :) BTW: I try looking fast again at boot and see hardware serial number: CSN748012AB Regards, supat > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
