Nando wrote:
> Hi Vlad,
>
>     > able to do the equivalent of setpci by calculating the addresses
>     > needing memory writes.
>
>     Except pciconf space
>
>
> Are you saying that write_dword will not write to pciconf space? 
pciconf space on x86 is acessible through inw/outw and not through memory
>  
>
>     >
>     > write_dump ADDRESS FILE
>     > eg: write_dump 0xF8000000  dump_file
>     >
>     This has already been discussed and conclusion that it's too dangerous
>     to write to FS from grub2. If it's one time operation you can just
>     boot
>     FreeDOS for it. IF it's not explain why do you need it on every boot
>
>
> I've like *read* a dump file into pciexbar memory space to overcome my
> wifi whitelisting. Currently doing this via a grub2 DOS Image entry
> explained at http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic9388-135.html#53650 .
> To have such an ability would mean I could just add another menuitem
> "Ubunto [reverse whitelisting]" and bypass the need for the DOS
> bootimage. This ability would be further enhanced if a compressed dump
> file could be used to speed up the process.
>
> So I guess it should be a request for:
>
> - 'read_dump ADDRESS FILE' for mPCIe wifi whitelsting could be done
> within grub2. .
> - a 'setpci' type command  to do pci-e pci-port bridge window fixups,
> amongst other things.
>
Then I'm ok with it but this link doesn't provide technical info on how
it was done. It looks a bit like it's changing acpi tables, if it's the
case grub2 is already able to do this with 'acpi' command. What are
first bytes of dump?
> Nando
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