[coreboot] Coreboot bug?

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Thu Nov 12 08:41:17 CET 2009


Peter Stuge wrote:
> Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>   
>>> Right, but what checks that the data is not colliding with something
>>> else.
>>>       
>> Like?
>>     
>
> Like another table? Or is this the first thing written - and
> everything afterwards is simply appended?
>   
The coreboot table is written to a distinct piece of memory in the high
tables area. It is written sequentially, the table entries are just
appended. (Which does not necessarily mean there's no trouble, hence my
question :-)

Stefan




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