Re: [PATCH] x86/geode/alix: bound the BIOS name copy to the scanned window

[Borislav Petkov]

Hi Ed,

On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 11:44:41AM +0100, Ed Wildgoose wrote:

please do not top-post when replying to a public thread.

> These are boards used in the PCEngines Alix boards. They are/were super
> router boards. Used the same chip as in the "One Laptop per child".

Right, I suspected something like that. And also that none of us has this hw
for testing... :-\

> They are somewhere between 486 and 586 in capabilities. Right at the edge of
> what people would likely want today and not been sold for many years.
> However, they are/were amazing and I still have many customers using them
> daily.

Are you saying, you'd be willing to test patches? :-P

> I didn't try the fix, but the concept seems good. However, I would think
> that all these devices received their last bios update years back... My
> guess is this is an AI patch discovery?

Likely. This is why I'm playing stupid and asking questions. :-)

> However, I guess the sooner we get these in the less they will get brought
> up by the next person using the same tools?

As long as someone can test them and tell me they don't break anything.
Because I can't fix anything from here without the hw and I am not even
willing to try to fix such old stuff. We have enough bugs as it is.

> (Apologies if I'm belittling some hard work here? Don't mean it in a mean
> way?)

Nothing to worry about - I appreciate any correction and constructive feedback
I can get. So no worries.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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