Re: [SeaBIOS] [coreboot] [PATCH] SeaBIOS VGA hooks

[Stefan Reinauer]

On 6/9/10 8:48 PM, Myles Watson wrote:
> > > It would need to be 0xe0000 - 0xfffff unless we want to start cutting
> > > out more memory.
>
> I meant where as in what interrupt to patch, not what address to run
> at.  SeaBIOS should be able to use whatever address it wants to.

If it contains a dynamic linker, or the code is position independent, yes.
> > > Alternatively we could add an SMI "function call" to coreboot that does
> > > the deed. That would simplify the code in SeaBIOS significantly but add
> > > more requirements for SMM.
>
> I'm not sure what's best.  Maybe few enough boards will need their own
> handlers that it doesn't really matter.

Kevin, any preference?