Re: [coreboot] PCI BIOS Extension ROM in v3

2008-01-28 Thread Myles Watson
> -Original Message- > From: ron minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Jan 22, 2008 10:20 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd say we refuse to execute the ROM in v3. If the ROM is broken, we > > have no way to determine how broken it is. Unconditional ex

Re: [coreboot] PCI BIOS Extension ROM in v3

2008-01-22 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 22, 2008 10:20 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say we refuse to execute the ROM in v3. If the ROM is broken, we > have no way to determine how broken it is. Unconditional execution may > prevent booting the machine, thereby forcing an out-of-system flash of > cor

Re: [coreboot] PCI BIOS Extension ROM in v3

2008-01-22 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 22.01.2008 18:59, Myles Watson wrote: > Coreboot v3 refuses to initialize the VGA in QEMU because the PCI device > ID's are mismatched. > > It turns out that the header has been overwritten by a copyright string, so > that v3 is following a bad pointer into the ROM looking for the PCI device > I

[coreboot] PCI BIOS Extension ROM in v3

2008-01-22 Thread Myles Watson
Coreboot v3 refuses to initialize the VGA in QEMU because the PCI device ID's are mismatched. It turns out that the header has been overwritten by a copyright string, so that v3 is following a bad pointer into the ROM looking for the PCI device IDs and not finding it. Coreboot v2 still successful