On 23.11.2010 01:11, Uwe Hermann wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:44:10PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> AFAICS that breaks ranges with leading zero, which are assumed to be >> octal after this change. >> Besides that, it breaks all existing layout files which are missing the >> 0x prefix as documented in the man page. >> The man page has the following layout file example: >> 00000000:00008fff gfxrom >> 00009000:0003ffff normal >> 00040000:0007ffff fallback >> Note the missing 0x in front of the values. >> >> Given that this is a major user interface change, we might as well >> switch to a new layout file format which has better syntax. >> > > Yeah, I'd change it to whatever is the best-suited syntax rather sooner > than later. I doubt this functionality has been used much at all anyway, > to be honest. I for one didn't ever use or need it so far. >
Ron used it, and a few mainboard vendors use it internally. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
