On 20/07/07 09:18 -0700, ron minnich wrote: > Then, one step further: create a LAR file that is the symbol table for > stage 0/1 that has been burned into FLASH. The mainboard has its > vector table, and this links against the symbols in the lar file. That > way, if you ONLY have a copy of the bios, and you need to create a new > stage 2, the path is open to linking against the stage0/1 in flash, > without requiring a rebuild of stage0/1. > > Is this too crazy?
Frankly? Yes. I'm not super excited about re-inventing the wheel here. I would much rather play the linking script games then come up with something new. ld scripts are not evil, if they are done right. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios