On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:20 PM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Vincent Legoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Why not Having a config option turning the "error and not running the rom" >> into "warning and run the rom anyways". Would that be risky ? >> CONFIG_RUN_SLOPPY_EXPANSION_ROMS > > I think a linux tool to validate -- and fix -- the rom in some way > makes the most sense.
Yes that would be good to have indeed. What is to be validated ? Where would I find documentation about a BIOS specification to validate option ROMs against ? > In your case the fix is easy. It does not hurt, also, to get people to > realize just how broken the proprietary bios code is. Hiding that > brokenness seems a bad idea. I'd see that more as coping with reality than hiding the brokenness, tho -- Vincent Legoll -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
