[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH] fw/coreboot.c: Use coreboot table to find cbfs

[Peter Stuge]

Arthur Heymans wrote:
> This breaks compatibility with very old coreboot build (build before
> fb5d5b16 "2015-07-14, cbtable: describe boot media").

Is that really acceptable in SeaBIOS master at some random time?

At the very least I would expect a flag day with advance publicity.

One way of accomplishing that would be to include a notice of this
change with the next SeaBIOS release and if at all only delete
backwards compatibility in the release after.
> Keeping backward compatibility with the "cbfs master header" would
> complicate the code.

Obviously, but is undeniably valuable, even if not to you.

Proper advance notice of a breaking change allows others to invest
effort into coming up with a compatibility solution.

//Peter