Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom - Directory structure consideration

[MARTIN WOODHOUSE]

Hi Darmawan

No problem, I'm thinking about making MSDOS-booting USB RAM-sticks
  and doing things that way round.

Cheers, Martin

Darmawan Salihun  wrote:
  Hi Martin,
It is quite complicated to incorporate DOS support this time around
because we will need a DOS extender, such as DOS4GW or something else
that can provide us access to the 4GB linear address space. I'm not
experienced enough in that kind of thing. If you have seen Uniflash,
it's maybe a better choice for you right now because it also comes with
source code ;-). Yeah, uniflash maybe a little outdated, but it runs on
top of DOS. I might add DOS support in the future though. Nonetheless,
it's not in the top priority list at the moment, due to various constraints.

Cheers,
Darmawan

MARTIN WOODHOUSE wrote:
> Hello Darmawan
>
> May I request -- quite urgently -- that if at all possible you make this
> proposed "Windows Flash Rom" boot into MSDOS as well?
>
> XP, I know, doesn't support MSDOS; but if you do not also allow a boot
> into MSDOS, the XO will be,missing a truly enormous opportunity as an
> educational tool.
>
> Cheers, Martin Woodhouse
>
> */Darmawan Salihun /* wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Right now, I start laying down the infrastructure for the Windows
> version of flashrom utility, i.e. the kernel mode driver and the very
> basic user mode application. Because this version of flashrom will be
> quite different in terms of code due to inherent differences between
> Linux/other Unix and Windows, I think it's better to put it as a
> "branch" of the flashrom directory. I'm still thinking about the way
> to incorporate the flash chip and motherboard support in as seamless
> way as possible so that every newer chip/motherboard support will be
> merged easily. In the mean time I need the information on how to
> commit
> the code once I have a tested version of the Winflashrom.
> Anyway, I wonder how the qa (Quality Assurance / auto build, etc.)
> system will handle a windows version source code :-? especially the
> header files.
>
> Regards,
> Darmawan