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2016-02-11 , 17:10
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Originally Posted by reinob View Post
It may well be the case that when everything works OK R&D is not needed. However Maemo is a very delicate system where minor fvck-ups in the boot process will lead to a boot loop unless R&D is on (watchdogs).

So my advice is to leave it on. No disadvantages, but (potential) advantages if something goes seriously wrong.
R&D mode dioes other stuff as well, not only enable blinken lights. For example it enables UART3 which constantly draws some power. So it's really no option to enable R&D mode on all systems. I realy recommend rather installing rootsh instead

/j
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