Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] fix normal vs. fallback

[Myles Watson]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Peter Stuge  wrote:
> Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > Even though the normal/fallback mechanism uses CMOS, it does not
> > require an option table.
> > Are there advantages in changing this?
>
> One advantage would be that any use of NVRAM always implies having an
> option table, which I think makes sense. Somewhere it needs to be
> specified what bit(s) the mechanism uses, better in an option table
> than hardcoded IMO.

That was my thought.  It should be obvious when we're using/corrupting
values, to minimize surprises.

Thanks,
Myles