[coreboot] SeaBIOS question and cross compilation fix.

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Fri Nov 7 04:18:31 CET 2008


On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 02:18:34AM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:17:46AM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> >>> BTW, in previous emails I highlighted some disadvantages with a
> >>> tighter integration of seabios and coreboot.  Could you elaborate on
> >>> the reasons why you think this is the best option?
> >>>       
> >> Simple:
[...]

Thanks Stefan.  I appreciate your feedback.

One random comment:

> > and we
> > can avoid having to return from seabios to coreboot and thus not have
> > to worry abou them "stomping" on each other.
> >   
> We do have to worry about that in all scenarios though.
> 
> Just assuming it's ok for SeaBIOS to overwrite memory that coreboot
> filled is not good enough.

I'm more worried about the option roms corrupting memory that coreboot
uses.

-Kevin




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