[coreboot] FILO creating filo.conf

[Joseph Smith]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:28:53 -0400, Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org>
wrote:
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> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:05:50 -0600, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com>
> wrote:
>> On 12/09/08 15:55 -0400, Joseph Smith wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:46:57 -0700, "ron minnich" <rminnich at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Maybe so for a virus. But when it allows an end user to have a
>>> > completely
>>> >> configurable boot loader...
>>> >
>>> > If people want it I guess. But we computer people need to be more
>>> > careful about opening holes to provide features. Just look at the
>>> > state of the internet for a reason why....
>>> >
>>> true.
>>> Well, how about this then. Instead of FILO writing the file we could
>> just
>>> provide a generic filo.conf. The first time the user boots up they will
>>> have to manually boot. Once they are in Linux they can just copy the
>>> filo.conf to their first drive, first partion, root directory. Ahh, but
>>> that will still defeat the purpose, because it will still not be
>>> configurable from FILO at bootup, just read only... huh, my brain is
>>> starting to hurt.
>>
>> What specific use case are you trying to solve here?  Under what
>> circumstances would you prefer to write your configuration file from
>> within the ROM and not from within the kernel or through some
> installation
>> process?
>>
> I'm trying to figure out a way to have a end user configurable kernel
> command line (and possibly give the ability for the end user to change
> some
> FILO settings) and have the ability to save them.
> 
Is there any way to fit a tiny ASKII to hex converter into FILO?
And setup a writeable table?

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Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org