On 30.09.2017 16:12, Peter Stuge wrote: > Nico Huber wrote: >> In-flash variable format >> ======================== >> >> I like to keep things simple and assume that a key=value approach >> suffices (for this layer). Though, as we have certainly to deal with >> NOR flash chips (and their erase blocks), we can't just store things >> in a table that would require an erase cycle for every change of a >> variable. Here is a random proposal: > > We already have a simple coreboot-native key-value store: CBFS
Well, I never looked close, but everybody kept telling me for years that CBFS is not designed for updates. Nico > > Yes, there is some overhead with every CBFS entry, but IIRC the > minimum alignment is 16 bytes. > > Melissa, how many variables do you think are actually needed? > > > //Peter > -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
