On 07.11.2008 18:33, ron minnich wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Vincent Legoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> What is to be validated ? >> > > The tool can verify that the vendor/devid info in the room is even > there (it is not in QEMU VGA BIOS) and then print the vendor/dev id, > look it up, and print out what hardware that is. > > Obvious errors such as devid of 0 could be flagged. > > >> Where would I find documentation about a BIOS specification >> to validate option ROMs against ? >> > > It's in the PCI spec. BUT: the PCI SIG STILL SUCKS: this stuff is not > avalable to non-members even now. I just checked. >
Older drafts may be available on the internet for free. > Any PCI spec will show it. But you have to get one. > > Or you can cruise the pci rom bios code in coreboot -- it's pretty > obvious what's going on there. > What about the following doc? http://www.msc-ge.com/download/pc-system/ipc-produkte/pisa/VGA%20BIOS%20CT%2069030%20Ref-Guide.PDF Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
