[coreboot] Resource Allocation discussion

[Marc Jones]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Myles Watson <mylesgw at gmail.com> wrote:


>> Coreboot allocates IO from the bottom (0x1000) up?
>
> Yes.
>
>>
>> I think it should
>> allocate top down as it does with memory. I think that the rule is
>> that the BIOS allocates top down and the OS allocates bottom up.
>
> I don't think that would match v2 or the factory BIOS for serengeti or
> qemu.  Is there a packing reason?


No, It was a rule to stop device allocation from colliding between the
BIOS and OS The firmware is only required to setup boot devices and
the OS was expected to do the rest. I guess you can leave it since it
is working.

Marc