[coreboot] [PATCH v3 1/1] libpayload: add support for finding and parsing Coreboot BIOS tables

[Andres Salomon]

On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:01:51 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:01:28 -0700
> Philip Prindeville <philipp at redfish-solutions.com> wrote:
> 
> > Attached.
> 
> oookay.  I'll await a formal patch with all the cc's, etc.

Also, if you email the patch inline (rather than as an attachment),
then we can include comments inline as well.


> 
> As for the "upstream" version: if/when this patch is merged, it *is*
> the upstream version.  The coreboot tree will need to drop the old
> version and migrate to the new.

IOW, make sure the coreboot folks are okay with what's being submitted
as well!


> 
> Please be sure to carefully describe the background to the code within
> the final changelog.  Lots of people won't even know what coreboot
> *is*.  Spell this out completely and be sure to tell the kernel
> developers about the value of this patch to our users.
> 
> 

I'd second this.  I'm minimally familiar with coreboot, but I have no
idea what the purpose behind coreboot BIOS tables are.