[OpenBIOS] [PATCH] Add support for accessing the LinuxBIOS CMOS settings from Open Firmware

[Mitch Bradley]

Jens Freimann wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 12.10.2007, 00:56 +0200 schrieb Torsten Duwe:
>   
>> On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Jens Freimann wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> this patch adds a new file lbcmos.fth to cpu/x86/pc/biosload which makes
>>> it possible to view and manipulate CMOS settings.
>>>       
>> +++ cpu/x86/pc/biosload/lbcmos.fth      (Revision 0)
>> @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
>> +purpose: Access LinuxBIOS CMOS settings
>> +
>> +fload ${BP}/cpu/x86/pc/biosload/cmos.fth
>> +
>>
>> where is cmos.fth ?
>>     
>
> ups, I copied it from cpu/x86/pc/olpc/cmos.fth to the biosload
> directory. So the line should either be changed to
> 	fload ${BP}/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/cmos.fth 
> or cmos.fth should be copied to the biosload directory. Or maybe move
> cmos.fth to cpu/x86/pc/?
>   

I suggest putting it in dev/isa/cmos.fth

I'm not sure that it's appropriate to have the stand-init in a generic 
place, though.  The behavior of zeroing the BIOS checksum area if it is 
bad is what we want for OLPC, but perhaps is not always a good idea.


>
>   Jens
>
>