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authorklu2 <klu2@6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524>2008-09-22 05:22:41 +0000
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Cleanup "Tiano" word.
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiLib.h b/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiLib.h
index fa04704c33..f84829d84b 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiLib.h
+++ b/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiLib.h
@@ -618,14 +618,15 @@ EfiSignalEventLegacyBoot (
);
/**
- Create a Legacy Boot Event.
+ Creates an EFI event in the Legacy Boot Event Group. Prior to UEFI 2.0 this
+ was done via a non blessed UEFI extensions and this library abstracts the
+ implementation mechanism of this event from the caller.
- Tiano extended the CreateEvent Type enum to add a legacy boot event type.
- This was bad as Tiano did not own the enum. In UEFI 2.0 CreateEventEx was
- added and now it's possible to not voilate the UEFI specification by
- declaring a GUID for the legacy boot event class. This library supports
- the EDK/EFI 1.10 form and EDK II/UEFI 2.0 form and allows common code to
- work both ways.
+ This function abstracts the creation of the Legacy Boot Event. The Framework
+ moved from a proprietary to UEFI 2.0 based mechanism. This library abstracts
+ the caller from how this event is created to prevent to code form having to
+ change with the version of the specification supported.
+ If LegacyBootEvent is NULL, then ASSERT().
@param LegacyBootEvent Returns the EFI event returned from gBS->CreateEvent(Ex).
@@ -668,14 +669,15 @@ EfiCreateEventLegacyBootEx (
);
/**
- Create a Read to Boot Event.
+ Create an EFI event in the Ready To Boot Event Group. Prior to UEFI 2.0 this
+ was done via a non-standard UEFI extension, and this library abstracts the
+ implementation mechanism of this event from the caller.
- Tiano extended the CreateEvent Type enum to add a ready to boot event type.
- This was bad as Tiano did not own the enum. In UEFI 2.0 CreateEventEx was
- added and now it's possible to not voilate the UEFI specification and use
- the ready to boot event class defined in UEFI 2.0. This library supports
- the EDK/EFI 1.10 form and EDKII/UEFI 2.0 form and allows common code to
- work both ways.
+ This function abstracts the creation of the Ready to Boot Event. The Framework
+ moved from a proprietary to UEFI 2.0-based mechanism. This library abstracts
+ the caller from how this event is created to prevent the code form having to
+ change with the version of the specification supported.
+ If ReadyToBootEvent is NULL, then ASSERT().
@param ReadyToBootEvent Returns the EFI event returned from gBS->CreateEvent(Ex).
@@ -720,13 +722,17 @@ EfiCreateEventReadyToBootEx (
/**
Initialize a Firmware Volume (FV) Media Device Path node.
- Tiano extended the EFI 1.10 device path nodes. Tiano does not own this enum
- so as we move to UEFI 2.0 support we must use a mechanism that conforms with
- the UEFI 2.0 specification to define the FV device path. An UEFI GUIDed
- device path is defined for Tiano extensions of device path. If the code
- is compiled to conform with the UEFI 2.0 specification use the new device path
- else use the old form for backwards compatability.
-
+ The Framework FwVol Device Path changed to conform to the UEFI 2.0 specification.
+ This library function abstracts initializing a device path node.
+
+ Initialize the MEDIA_FW_VOL_FILEPATH_DEVICE_PATH data structure. This device
+ path changed in the DXE CIS version 0.92 in a non back ward compatible way to
+ not conflict with the UEFI 2.0 specification. This function abstracts the
+ differences from the caller.
+
+ If FvDevicePathNode is NULL, then ASSERT().
+ If NameGuid is NULL, then ASSERT().
+
@param FvDevicePathNode Pointer to a FV device path node to initialize
@param NameGuid FV file name to use in FvDevicePathNode
@@ -741,14 +747,15 @@ EfiInitializeFwVolDevicepathNode (
/**
Check to see if the Firmware Volume (FV) Media Device Path is valid
- Tiano extended the EFI 1.10 device path nodes. Tiano does not own this enum
- so as we move to UEFI 2.0 support we must use a mechanism that conforms with
- the UEFI 2.0 specification to define the FV device path. An UEFI GUIDed
- device path is defined for Tiano extensions of device path. If the code
- is compiled to conform with the UEFI 2.0 specification use the new device path
- else use the old form for backwards compatability. The return value to this
- function points to a location in FvDevicePathNode and it does not allocate
- new memory for the GUID pointer that is returned.
+ The Framework FwVol Device Path changed to conform to the UEFI 2.0 specification.
+ This library function abstracts validating a device path node.
+
+ Check the MEDIA_FW_VOL_FILEPATH_DEVICE_PATH data structure to see if it's valid.
+ If it is valid, then return the GUID file name from the device path node. Otherwise,
+ return NULL. This device path changed in the DXE CIS version 0.92 in a non back ward
+ compatible way to not conflict with the UEFI 2.0 specification. This function abstracts
+ the differences from the caller.
+ If FvDevicePathNode is NULL, then ASSERT().
@param FvDevicePathNode Pointer to FV device path to check.