On 18.08.2008 22:00, ron minnich wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Does the current SELF code allow per-segment compression selection? The >> SELF wiki page http://www.coreboot.org/SELF suggests this is not the >> case. How do we load data files to a prespecified location? The entry >> point is a mandatory part of the SELF spec because it also works as >> terminator. >> > > "This segment has executable code to be copied from the data section > to memory. Each CODE segment has a corresponding block of data, which > may be compressed in the LAR. Multiple segments of this type are > allowed. " > > I find the wording to mean that the data can be compressed. >
Yes, but where is the algorithm specified? If it's outside the SELF header, we have to special-case "normal" non-SELF files. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
