[coreboot] patch: add Kconfig support for v3 north

[Myles Watson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
> On Behalf Of ron minnich
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: Coreboot
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] patch: add Kconfig support for v3 north
> 
> On Jan 25, 2008 9:29 AM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:12:45AM -0800, ron minnich wrote:
> > > Add Kconfig files for the northbridge. Currently we only need this
> > > for the geodelx, so we can select nrv2b decompression.
> >
> > Why is nrv2b needed specifically for geodelx? The VSA blob? Should
> > that not use the same compression as the payload, if the user chooses
> > one?
> 
> The VSA is distributed as nrv compressed. We can use/not use the
> compression, but I just figured i would keep it simple and use it.

I like the idea of the binary blobs being compressed with whatever the user
selects.  It seems simpler for whoever gets the binary blob to decode it at
the same time.

Myles