[coreboot] slow load times

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Wed Feb 18 16:54:32 CET 2009


On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:00:52PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
>> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
>> > I recommend having SeaBIOS do the rom copying - modify SeaBIOS'
>> > config.h and set:
>> >
>> > #define CONFIG_OPTIONROMS_DEPLOYED 0
>> >
>> > If you have to include a vgabios in the rom, then also set
>> > something like:
>> >
>> > #define OPTIONROM_BDF_1 pci_to_bdf(0x02, 0x00, 0) // pci 02:00.0
>> > #define OPTIONROM_MEM_1 0xfffc0000  // rom address of option rom
>>
>> It would be awesome if these things could be controlled by a tool
>> after build time.
>
> I'd really like to see further use of the LAR format.  With a LAR,
> SeaBIOS could just scan for the option roms itself.


yes, that's what we do in v3; use the lar for this type of thing.

Usually, over-reliance on cpp magic is a warning signal.

ron




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