Re: Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-15 Thread Steven **
I assume this is planned, but I'll go ahead an say it. I think the Freerunner should have a software feature to detect when the battery is critically low and shutdown. Ideally, the boot process would also check the battery and refuse to boot(or at least require override) if the battery charge

Re: Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-15 Thread Yorick Moko
Werner has submitted 10 patches. see http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/2008-July/003799.html It should no longer be a problem On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Steven ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume this is planned, but I'll go ahead an say it. I think the Freerunner

Re: Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-14 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Mo 14. Juli 2008 schrieb Steven **: Perhaps it's been said before and I missed it... But why can't the Neo boot off USB power alone? Boils down to sth like powering up a whole town after blackout. All components drawing a spike of energy same moment, which USB can't deliver. -next

Re: Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-14 Thread Steven **
The battery can delivery more power than the AC USB adapter? -Steven On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Joerg Reisenweber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mo 14. Juli 2008 schrieb Steven **: Perhaps it's been said before and I missed it... But why can't the Neo boot off USB power alone? Boils

Re: Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-14 Thread Al Johnson
The phone can't take 100mA from USB without asking, and the PMU enforces this. The AC PSU can supply more than this, as can most USB ports, but at this stage of the process the checks to see if this is available can't be done so we're limited to 100mA. When the old uBoot powered up the assorted

Can't boot Freerunner without battery - Was: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full down

2008-07-13 Thread Steven **
Perhaps it's been said before and I missed it... But why can't the Neo boot off USB power alone? -Steven On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Your Freerunner is failing to boot with a dead (or missing) battery. Without booting, the Freerunner can not