> > Modified: buildrom-devel/Config.in
> > ===================================================================
> > --- buildrom-devel/Config.in        2007-12-05 23:27:08 UTC (rev 76)
> > +++ buildrom-devel/Config.in        2007-12-06 16:18:18 UTC (rev 77)
> > @@ -43,6 +43,23 @@
> >
> >  menu "LinuxBIOS configuration"
> >
> > +config LINUXBIOS_V3
> > +   bool "Use LinuxBIOSv3"
> > +   depends ADVANCED
> > +   default n
> > +   help
> > +     Use the v3 tree.  LinuxBIOSv3 doesn't support all platforms yet.
> > +
> > +config LINUXBIOS_V3_LGDT_PATCH
> > +   bool "Avoid an error in stage0_i586 with some compilers"
> > +   depends LINUXBIOS_V3
> > +   default n
> > +   help
> > +     Say 'y' here to use the patch from the mailing list to replace
> > +     "data32  lgdt %cs:gdtptr" with
> > +     "movl $gdtptr"
> > +          "%ebx lgdt %cs:(%bx)"
> > +
> >  config USE_LZMA
> >     bool "Enable LZMA compression"
> >     depends !PAYLOAD_OFW
> >
> 
> While I welcome almost everything in that patch, I dislike that part.
> Either we agree on some code sequence that works for everyone or we mark
> some compilers "broken".

I like the "code sequence that works for everyone" thought.  That's more of
a LinuxBIOSv3 issue than a buildrom issue, though.  I'd hoped to make people
happy by not applying the patch by default.

Myles




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