[coreboot] Random extra option ROMs in CBFS

Myles Watson mylesgw at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 14:05:29 CEST 2009



> -----Original Message-----
> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
> On Behalf Of Peter Stuge
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:15 AM
> To: coreboot at coreboot.org
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] Random extra option ROMs in CBFS
> 
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > Add sgabios.bin to the CBFS system using a PCI vendor:device of a
> > device in your system that doesn't already have an option rom and
> > isn't a vga or ide device.
> 
> I think it's important to improve this situation. The PCI ids are
> clearly not relevant to this option ROM, so we should not require
> them.
> 
> I don't know how to fix it though. Does anyone have an idea?

Kevin already added an img/ path for payloads.  I guess he could add a path
for ROM-style images (ones that will return.)  They'd have to be numbered so
that they were executed in order, but that doesn't seem like too much of a
problem.

Thanks,
Myles  





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