[SeaBIOS] Non-PNP legacy option rom scan and init
Kevin O'Connor
kevin at koconnor.net
Wed May 4 03:52:22 CEST 2011
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 11:38:45PM +0200, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> SeaBIOS doesn't seem to call non-PNP legacy option roms and handles
> them like BCV. I think this behaviour is incorrect because non-PNP
> legacy option roms should get called without exceptions.
SeaBIOS calls all non-PNP option roms unconditionally. It places them
in the "BootList" so that it can order their invocation relative to
PNP option roms. This is the recommendation of the BBS spec - the
idea is that many legacy option roms hook the C: drive - so ordering
their invocation allows a PNP drive to hook the C: drive first.
-Kevin
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