Re: [SeaBIOS] Pending patch summary

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 09:38:58PM +0200, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > Sebastian Herbszt: 20100731:
> > EDD fixes
> > Initial patch looked like it may break backwards compatibility; I
> > haven't seen a new patch.
>
> We could use an union to keep backwards compatibility. Something like the
> following (for Bochs):

[...]
> Use dpi.phoenix for size = 66 and dpi.t13 for size = 74.
> Since the first part of phoenix and t13 is same the union could start at
> device_path.

I'm not sure the union would be needed - one could use the t13 struct
and just use the fact that the checksum is in the last byte.  I'm okay
with either approach though.

-Kevin