[coreboot-gerrit] Change in coreboot[master]: arch/x86: Remove ID_SECTION_OFFSET

[Nico Huber (Code Review)]

Nico Huber has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/47598 )

Change subject: arch/x86: Remove ID_SECTION_OFFSET
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Patch Set 2:
> > See related CB:40376 CB:40377 and CB:47602.
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> > A decision should be made if .id section can be dropped and compatibility with old flashrom (and FILO) builds sacrified with some schedule, 2022 at earliest perhaps. I think post-processing approach would allow removal of id.S independently of that.
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> Any reason not to schedule that earlier? I would think that people update their OS/tools more often than their firmware? How old flashrom are we talking?

The tools in our case are baked into the firmware (update
process in FILO). No .id, no updates.

I'll have to look into the older discussions to figure out
once again why we want to get rid of it at all.