On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 10:19 -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > jerry wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 21:31 +0000, Daniel Drake wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > We're pleased to announce the next release candidate of our new 13.1.0 > > > software release. > > <snip> > > > Please review the "Known problems" section of the release notes. Some > > > documented issues are carried over from previous releases, but others > > > are new and are things that we will aim to fix in the few weeks before > > > release. > > > > > > IMPORTANT: New XO-4 firmware Q7B11 breaks automatic upgrade for > > > touchscreen firmware versions before 0.0.0.10 on C1 models. After > > > reflashing to Q7B11 from an earlier version, you must (just this once) > > > manually upgrade with > > > > > > ok update-nn-flash > > > > > > Otherwise the touchscreen will not work. > > > > > > > I have questions with this, should everybody be doing this procedure to > > all updates from a release prior to 23 to a release 24 or later that > > would install Q7B11 or later? > > from 23 or prior to 24 or later, then yes, you should do the manual > update. > > the only exception is if you have a B1 with a clear lightguide, and > you care a lot about precise linearity of touchscreen response. in > that case, you should stick with firmware 0.0.0.4. > > and remember, if you make a mistake, you can always go back to 0.0.0.4 > by downloading it and doing a manual reflash. > > > > > ie: image 13.1.0-21 is installed then you flash/olpc-update to 13.1.0-26 > > should you be doing this? Does this apply to all B1,C1,C2 models and > > what versions should be installed with Q7B11 for these models? > > > > from a machine with Q7B11: > > > > kernel: zforce: found zForce firmware 0.0.0.4 > > kernel: zforce: running in multitouch mode > > > > What should syslog be recording for the zforce driver for the B1,C1,C2? > > > > Just trying to clear up what needs to be done going forward. > > B1 machines with clear lightguides should probably be left alone, as > noted above. >
This might sound like a dumb question but do all B1s have clear lightguides? If not, how can one tell them apart? > all other machines should (currently) have 0.0.0.10. and, once they > have 0.0.0.10, C1 and C2 machines will automatically upgrade in the > future. i think B1 machines will continue needing manual upgrades. > Think this information might need to be part of the release notes. Jerry _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel