On 12.09.2007 21:37, Alex Beregszaszi wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 12:54 +0200, Alex Beregszaszi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 04:29 +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: >>> * Alex Beregszaszi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070904 13:17]: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> the attached patch adds code to checksum the pci extension rom and stop >>>> if the stored and calculated checksum differ. >>> Is this checksum reliably correct? I am hesitating to add new >>> restrictions that might break otherwise working cards. >> You are right, attached is a correct method. There is no fixed checksum >> byte, instead the whole should sum to zero. > > Any comments on this?
I like it. I'd give you an Ack, but I have no hardware to test with. Stefan? Ron? Worst case would be that buggy extension ROMs break with a really loud warning, so anybody with such ROMs will see it prominently in the logs. Alex: Is there an easy way to check extension ROMs in the current machine for correct signatures? Maybe standalone utility or such stuff. Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios