[coreboot] [RFC] Here we go... the SLOF biosemu for coreboot-v3

Myles Watson mylesgw at gmail.com
Fri Dec 12 19:44:17 CET 2008


> From: ron minnich [mailto:rminnich at gmail.com]
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
> <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > There might be a considerable size increase if we take into account that
> > our x86emu has been optimized for size by Ollie Lho.
> 
> sure, but, ultimately
> - correctness trumps size
> - to be frank, the ultimate utility of any emulator in v3 is an open
> question. I'm willing to let this one in for now as people seem to
> want it. Long term, however, we've decided on x86 to let seabios
> handle the vga task. I also think, long term, the SLOF stuff will
> similarly migrate to a payload.

So you'd rather that Pattrick and Kevin collaborate.  I'm fine with that.  I
didn't want to see a developer submitting working code that's ignored.

Thanks,
Myles






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