RE: PATCH: /dev/nvram cleanups.

Jones D (djones2@glam.ac.uk)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:49:46 +0100

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> JDI> Some small bits for the nvram driver. An extraneous leading space
> JDI> removed from the /proc/nvram output, and addition of the 2.88M
> JDI> recognition.
>
> Why is there a 50 byte limit on nvram? Everything until the
> checksum and
> 2 additional bytes? Why not address the full 128 bytes?

Only the first part of the NVRAM is generic.
Different BIOSes use the remaining fields for different things.
Supporting every BIOS would bloat the kernel too much.
A better way would be to have /proc/nvram address the full nvram space,
and have the interpretation in a userspace app.

regards,

Dave.

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