On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:20 PM, ron minnich rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Vincent Legoll vincent.legoll@gmail.com wrote:
Why not Having a config option turning the "error and not running the rom" into "warning and run the rom anyways". Would that be risky ? CONFIG_RUN_SLOPPY_EXPANSION_ROMS
I think a linux tool to validate -- and fix -- the rom in some way makes the most sense.
Yes that would be good to have indeed. What is to be validated ? Where would I find documentation about a BIOS specification to validate option ROMs against ?
In your case the fix is easy. It does not hurt, also, to get people to realize just how broken the proprietary bios code is. Hiding that brokenness seems a bad idea.
I'd see that more as coping with reality than hiding the brokenness, tho