[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] LAR verison field

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 30.11.2007 02:55, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> [071130 01:25]:
>   
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:43:51AM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>>     
>>>> Together with reserving space at the end of the header.
>>>>         
>>> Space reservation? What is this about?
>>>       
>> Some extra bytes for future use, the more bytes the longer before we
>> need to change the format. I think 64 would be more than enough.
>> No-one will ever need more than 64 bytes.
>>     
>
> I disagree. If we start using unused bytes, we changed the format
> already. There are clean ways that do not require "padding" to stay
> compatible. If we add a field "header size" we know how many bytes we
> have to skip without the need to know how to parse all of the header.
>   

The field "header size" needs space. That space could be used in a
future version for something real if we reserved it.

> Please don't add reserved fields. thats really ugly and lack of design.
>   

Design is always in the eye of the beholder.


Regards,
Carl-Daniel