[coreboot] Tiny bootblock vs Bigbootblock

Stefan Reinauer stefan.reinauer at coreboot.org
Wed Mar 2 01:17:24 CET 2011


* ali hagigat <hagigatali at gmail.com> [110301 09:58]:
> What is the difference between tiny and big boot block?

In big boot block mode, romstage (and thus ram init) is part of the
boot block. In tiny boot block mode, romstage is an extra file in CBFS.

> My second question is that the code of bootblock is copied to romstage
> too. I mean we have a duplicate code in two different components. Is
> that right?

That might be a mistake. Where did you see that?

Stefan
 




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