On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 07:48:29AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > On 07/06/2011 06:58 PM, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > >BTW, I don't think patch 7 or 9 really make sense to integrate in the > >official version of SeaBIOS. Also, in patch 8, I'd prefer to see all > >new fw_cfg entries use the "romfile" mechanism. > Patch 7 is the menu. This patch is needed in 'some form' since in > some cases, like after giving up ownership of the TPM, the TPM > becomes disabled and deactivated and one has to interact with the > BIOS to activate and enable it again. Other scenarios include > someone who has forgotten the owner password for the TPM and now has > to go through the BIOS to give up ownership of it -- that's the only > way one can do this then.
Hrmm. I don't recall seeing this menu on the factory BIOS of real machines. How do normal users interact with it? Can the info be passed in from QEmu? > I'll have a look at the 'romfile' mechanism for patch 8. > > I only post patch 9 for someone who is interested to be able to run > the tests. Since the 128kb are slowly filling up, it's not going to > be compilable with it for much longer and I don't expect it to go > into the repo. There is no limit at 128K - if it's exceeded the build will start using a 256K rom. More important than the total size is the "fixed" size reported at the end of the build - that's how much space is used under 1 Meg after the "post" phase completes. Ideally it would stay under 64K though that's not a hard limit either. -Kevin
