[coreboot] SimNOW VGA int 1a

Jordan Crouse jordan.crouse at amd.com
Thu Oct 16 22:06:38 CEST 2008


On 16/10/08 12:46 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Myles Watson <mylesgw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm showing my ignorance here.  Conceptually couldn't you have a small area
> > set up like CAR for the shared portions?  As long as it was all loaded
> > before probing wouldn't it always be accessed before the ROM?
> 
> 
> It's possible but it is implementation and architecture dependent and
> I would hate to count on it ....
> 
> I think marc is right. Let's get that code out of ROM.

I don't think this is really that big a deal.   I don't think shared
functions hold any value for us other then the fact that it "feels"
right.  With the right Makefile fu, we can make this painless for
the builder and the user.

Jordan
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Jordan Crouse
Systems Software Development Engineer 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.





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