[coreboot] LAR walking madness

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 16.01.2008 23:40, ron minnich wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 2:12 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
> <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> OK, so you both say a full walk is OK as long as it doesn't take too long?
>>     
>
> I think it is. I think it's really important that we handle the 'no
> such file' case in an extremely efficient, but *general*, manner. If
> we get this right, we're going to make very wide use of LAR.
>
>   
>> Then we're indeed back to either an end-of-entries LAR member or a
>> placeholder LAR member.
>>     
>
> I agree.
>   

OK. Placeholder member or end-of-entries member?

Can everybody please state his personal opinion and the technical
reasons for it, then we proceed?
Bonus points if the opinion is delivered as a patch.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel