[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] pci_rom.c checksum extension rom

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 09:27:27 CEST 2007


On 10/5/07, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:





> Worst case would be that buggy extension ROMs break with a really loud
> warning, so anybody with such ROMs will see it prominently in the logs.
>
what logs? What if it is the VGA BIOS and there is no serial console
(sun ultra40)

> There is no easy way to check extension ROMs in the current machine for
> correct signatures,

I am not sure I agree with this. There are ways to do this check.

ron




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