$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/filo/trunk/filo
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coresystems.de>
To: coreboot@coreboot.org, masoudf@t2data.se
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:06:36 +0200
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Coreboot and stand alone filo
On 8/17/10 10:05 PM, Masoud Fatollahy wrote:Hi Masoud,Hi,I am trying to make coreboot v4 works with a old version of filo(stand alone).I build the coreboot and definde a paload which has been build with an old filo which is not using payloadlib of the coreboot.when filo try to read the linuxbios table , but it can not find the signaturr LBIO. and it hangs.Do i have to use filo and payloadlib of the coreboot, or is it a way to fix this problem. we don't want to have any depency between coreboot and filo.thanks,/Masoud
The coreboot table parser in older FILOs does not support the "FORWARD" tag
http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/browser/trunk/payloads/libpayload/arch/i386/coreboot.c#L140
I'd suggest that you use newer versions of FILO. However, implementing support for that tag in older versions should be rather straight forward, so you can give that a try, too..
Stefan