Re: System software concall minutes - 2006-12-19

2006-12-20 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, Mitch Bradley wrote: Mitch: Code for device tree via /proc nearly ready Are you sure that you want to introduce new files in /proc which are not process-related? You will never get such a change merged upstream. What speaks against /sys for that purpose? PCI config spoofing for VSA

Re: Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

2006-12-20 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 16:34 +0100, Ivan Krstić wrote: OLPC is providing a fully free and open Linux-based software stack on the laptops. There hasn't yet been a question, nor is there one now, about this changing. Except for the wireless, where we conveniently ignore our commitment to open

bug status: b-2

2006-12-20 Thread Ivan Krstić
We currently have 249 bugs in Trac targetting BTest-2. With the holidays only a few days away, and the build just a few weeks after that, this is an unrealistic number of bugs to resolve. I'd like everyone who owns bugs in the system to consult this list of B2 bugs, grouped by priority:

suggested build version for testing?

2006-12-20 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images#Latest_Stable_Build suggests that build 185 is the latest stable build. However, the auto reinstallation image installs build 192. The latest available build is build 202. Which one should I choose for my B1 machine to check if the bugs I see have been

Re: Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

2006-12-20 Thread Ivan Krstić
David Woodhouse wrote: Except for the wireless, where we conveniently ignore our commitment to open source. Can we let that dead horse rest already? The wifi firmware situation is a pain in our collective butts. Having had to weigh the user experience we wish to deliver, and find crucial to the

Re: System software concall minutes - 2006-12-19

2006-12-20 Thread Ronald G Minnich
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: Great. Does this mean the efforts to port the VSA code to a current toolchain are obsolete? it's in OFW now, we need to get it in linuxbios too. ron ___ Devel mailing list Devel@laptop.org

Re: Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

2006-12-20 Thread David Woodhouse
On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 15:05 +0100, Ivan Krstić wrote: David Woodhouse wrote: Except for the wireless, where we conveniently ignore our commitment to open source. Can we let that dead horse rest already? By all means. But let's not pretend it's still alive either, which your previous mail

Re: System software concall minutes - 2006-12-19

2006-12-20 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 20/12/06 12:40 +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: Hi, Mitch Bradley wrote: Mitch: Code for device tree via /proc nearly ready Are you sure that you want to introduce new files in /proc which are not process-related? You will never get such a change merged upstream. What speaks

Re: System software concall minutes - 2006-12-19

2006-12-20 Thread Ronald G Minnich
Jordan Crouse wrote: On behalf of AMD, I would like to say that any such work would be gratefully accepted for our other Geode customers, but as far as OLPC is concerned, VSA is nearly obsolete. Of course, now its all in Forth, which is just as incomprehensible to me - so the net effect is

Re: System software concall minutes - 2006-12-19

2006-12-20 Thread Mitch Bradley
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: Hi, Mitch Bradley wrote: Mitch: Code for device tree via /proc nearly ready Are you sure that you want to introduce new files in /proc which are not process-related? You will never get such a change merged upstream. I'm not sure of anything when it

Software schedule for B2 build and call for activities and content.

2006-12-20 Thread Jim Gettys
It looks like the BTest-2 build will be near the end of January. I'll probably have better information sometime next week and details below are subject to change. Remember there will be a BTest-3 build, and a CTest build; the trains will be leaving the station regularly, so don't try to push too

Re: Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

2006-12-20 Thread MBurns
On 12/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So which Instant Messenger client and which Messenger protocol will be used ? There is a full linux implementation if Cspace and it is working perfectly. http://www.aabdalla.com/cspace/ Last I heard, work was being based off the

Daily Forth Lesson. Edition 0.

2006-12-20 Thread Mitch Bradley
This is the first in what I plan as a continuing series of lessons about Forth and Open Firmware. Each lesson will be very brief. Lesson 0: Point 1: Why Bother? Forth is weird compared to most popular computer languages. Until you learn how, it is hard to read because it is not based on

Re: Daily Forth Lesson. Edition 0.

2006-12-20 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On Dec 20, 2006, at 23:28 , Mitch Bradley wrote: This is the first in what I plan as a continuing series of lessons about Forth and Open Firmware. Each lesson will be very brief. Very nice, Mitch! Forth has been one of my very first programming languages - I had a good teacher, we

Re: Daily Forth Lesson. Edition 0.

2006-12-20 Thread Mitch Bradley
Today's prize goes to Carl-Daniel for spotting the error! Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: Hi Mitch, Mitch Bradley wrote: asdf foo jello @W#$%^,T/%$ 1a2qw2 gibbet That's 5 words. One of them is pretty strange, consisting mostly of punctuation, but it is a word nevertheless. Any

Re: Fwd: OLPC Laptop - some suggestions for the software

2006-12-20 Thread Andi
Hi Michael, Hi Thomas, Hi List, MBurns schrieb: OLSR or the follow up B.A.T.M.A.N. is quite good for that, and: there is as well the option to add auto-ip-signment to Batman. Which I am sure is true, but irrelevant. As the hardware/software debate that just happens shows, no general-purpose

Launch performance test activity

2006-12-20 Thread Dan Williams
Chris, I haven't tested this extensively on my XO because the sugar on it is somewhat old and I need it in working order tomorrow morning. But I have tested under sugar-jhbuild quite a bit. Let me know about any problems you may have. Beyond Sugar 0.61, you need these two changesets to Sugar:

Re: [Trac #606] Cracking sound when rotating display into ebook mode

2006-12-20 Thread Mark J. Foster
Hi, Owen! It's the same. Fortunately we just got I.D. approval today to allow us to insert two screws into the hinge covers. This will allow us to finally fix this properly. Cheers! MarkF Owen Williams wrote: I'm getting a similar sound when I rotate my laptop because the clearence