[coreboot] [PATCH] Set the register based on the ROMSIZE

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coreboot.org
Fri Dec 10 19:48:17 CET 2010


* Scott Duplichan <scott at notabs.org> [101210 18:13]:
> Peter Stuge wrote:
> 
> ]I have a greater problem with this;
> ]
> ]It assumes that one image will always go into one and the same size
> ]of flash chip.
> 
> I think I understand your concern. It is convenient to be able to 
> use a bigger chip to test a smaller image. But limiting the decode
> size will only block access to the usused portion of the chip, correct?

One of the original design ideas of CBFS (or LAR in v3) was that we can
build a single image, with, say 256KB, and resize that same image later
on in case someone wants to put in fallback/normal, a linux kernel
payload or stuff like that. 
 
Stefan




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