[SeaBIOS] [coreboot] [PATCH] SeaBIOS VGA hooks

Stefan Reinauer stefan.reinauer at coresystems.de
Wed Jun 9 21:26:20 CEST 2010


On 6/9/10 8:48 PM, Myles Watson wrote:
>> > It would need to be 0xe0000 - 0xfffff unless we want to start cutting
>> > out more memory.
>>     
> I meant where as in what interrupt to patch, not what address to run
> at.  SeaBIOS should be able to use whatever address it wants to.
>   
If it contains a dynamic linker, or the code is position independent, yes.

>> > Alternatively we could add an SMI "function call" to coreboot that does
>> > the deed. That would simplify the code in SeaBIOS significantly but add
>> > more requirements for SMM.
>>     
> I'm not sure what's best.  Maybe few enough boards will need their own
> handlers that it doesn't really matter.
>   
Kevin, any preference?



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