On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 12:05:07PM +0000, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
> On 07/03/12 01:06, Stefan Reinauer ([email protected]) wrote:
> >     NEW/FIXED now reads consistent values:
> >     ebda_addr=0xf6000 lowmem=0x100000
> 
> OK, now this worries me. Any time you move away from the classic PC
> memory map you are risking problems.

First of all, INITIAL_EBDA_SEGMENT has been 0xF600 prior to this change.

I believe loading a SeaBIOS payload will obliterate the coreboot EBDA at
this location.  SeaBIOS almost certainly replaces/updates the BDA and
will position its own EBDA at an appropriate place.

        Jonathan Kollasch

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