On 07.11.2008 18:20, ron minnich 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. >
I'll write one if you'll review it. > 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. > What's the preferred name for such a tool? - validate_option_rom - fix_option_rom - fix_broken_rom - vga_rom_tool - etc. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
