[coreboot] SELF/ELF/LAR

[Segher Boessenkool]

>> I like the current ability to compress payload segments based on the 
>> best
>> compression for that segment.  It seems like we lose that if we put 
>> ELF
>> files (or a simple alternative) into the LAR without parsing them.
>
> I totaly agree - and SELF reflects that behavior without the additional
> LAR segments.  I'm not even sure if Segher is promoting just tossing it
> into the LAR without parsing, but I don't want to put words in his 
> mouth.

I'm promoting putting a payload file into the LAR as one file, yes.

If you want the compression stuff to know about ELF (or whatever)
segments, make the compression stuff know about it -- not the LAR.


Segher