Re: [LinuxBIOS] have a static initram improvements.

[ron minnich]

On 7/20/07, Jordan Crouse  wrote:
> On 20/07/07 09:18 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> > Then, one step further: create a LAR file that is the symbol table for
> > stage 0/1 that has been burned into FLASH. The mainboard has its
> > vector table, and this links against the symbols in the lar file. That
> > way, if you ONLY have a copy of the bios, and you need to create a new
> > stage 2, the path is open to linking against the stage0/1 in flash,
> > without requiring a rebuild of stage0/1.
> >
> > Is this too crazy?
>
> Frankly?  Yes.  I'm not super excited about re-inventing the wheel here.
> I would much rather play the linking script games then come up with
> something new.  ld scripts are not evil, if they are done right.

ok, I had to ask :-)

ron