Re: [coreboot] [RFC] flashrom and coreboot tables

[Stefan Reinauer]

Peter Stuge schrieb:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > Right now, flashrom assumes that if a coreboot table exists, the
> > board NEEDS a board specific enable function. If there is none
> > (because it is not needed), flashrom will complain.
> >
> > Three options are available to solve this:
> > Leave the code as-is and confuse developers and users alike.
> > Add info to the coreboot table that the board doesn't need any
> >
> > special flash enabling.
> > 3. Provide dummy functions for every board supported by coreboot.
> Remove the table lookup completely.
> Make flashrom continue silently instead of complaining.
>
> I prefer either of 4 or 5 over 1-3.

Removing the check completely is non-sense. Not complaining in case 
there is no entry sounds like the way to go though. I think we should 
focus on this once flashrom 1.0 has been released.

Stefan