On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:50:53 +0200, Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Joseph Smith wrote:
>> Hmm, maybe I stumbled onto something. But I need figure out how it
> works.
>> Can someone explain to me how it works when you password protect a
> normal
>> bios? Where and how does the ASCII text get saved. You guys may or may
> not
>> know where I am going with this but I have an idea if I can figure this
>> out. If a normal bios can save a password (ASCII text) than why couldn't
>> FILO save a kernel command line (ASCII text)?
>>
>>
> The BIOS paasword is saved in CMOS/NVRAM. and yes, filo can. you have
> almost 256 bytes
>
Ok, now were getting somewhere. This area is also used for the coreboot
CMOS/NVRAM table correct? What is the maximum bytes the coreboot CMOS/NVRAM
table uses? And how many bites could we allocate for FILO to use?
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Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org
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