Re: [coreboot] PCI BIOS Extension ROM in v3

[ron minnich]

On Jan 22, 2008 10:20 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
 wrote:
> I'd say we refuse to execute the ROM in v3. If the ROM is broken, we
> have no way to determine how broken it is. Unconditional execution may
> prevent booting the machine, thereby forcing an out-of-system flash of
> coreboot with ROM execution disabled.

I agree. I have yet to see a real ROM broken in this way.

Print the warning message and refuse to run it. And get QEMU to fix
both their broken VGA rom and their broken BIOS :-)

ron