[SeaBIOS] Pending patch summary

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Sat Sep 25 17:23:04 CEST 2010


On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 09:38:58PM +0200, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > Sebastian Herbszt: 20100731:
> > EDD fixes
> >
> > * Initial patch looked like it may break backwards compatibility; I
> >   haven't seen a new patch.
> 
> We could use an union to keep backwards compatibility. Something like the
> following (for Bochs):
[...]
> Use dpi.phoenix for size = 66 and dpi.t13 for size = 74.
> Since the first part of phoenix and t13 is same the union could start at
> device_path.

I'm not sure the union would be needed - one could use the t13 struct
and just use the fact that the checksum is in the last byte.  I'm okay
with either approach though.

-Kevin



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