[coreboot] r964 - coreboot-v3/util/x86emu

[Myles Watson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Reinauer [mailto:stepan at coresystems.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:06 PM
> To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
> Cc: ron minnich; Jordan Crouse; Marc Jones; Myles Watson;
> coreboot at coreboot.org
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] r964 - coreboot-v3/util/x86emu
> 
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > On 30.10.2008 01:26, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> >
> >> So, just come up with a better solution for the problem that does not
> >> involve using FSEG because that's gone already.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > What about:
> > - Keep the shared part of the ROM cached (or even locked in cache) or
> > anything that will allow the processor to continue fetching/executing
> > code while sizing the BARs.
> > - Trap on each option ROM write to a BAR, check if it is sizing related,
> > then give back the expected info and leave the BAR untouched. vm86 can
> > be trapped easily. For x86emu, we don't even have to trap. That leaves
> > our own BAR sizing as a possible problem. As long as we get that one
> > right, we win.
> >
> > I believe Ron earlier suggested key ingredients of the recipe above, so
> > I don't want to take credit for it.
> >
> 
> I was just thinking: Since we want to leave option rom init to seabios
> living in FSEF after all: We're not calling anything from below 4G
> anymore as we're in a different scope. So we wouldn't have to give up on
> sharing, and would still get the issue out of the way while removing
> lots and lots of code in coreboot.

In that case we could commit the patch I submitted and worry about it later.

Thanks,
Myles