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List:       linaro-boot-architecture
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 1/1] UEFI section 2.6 exceptions for boot services
From:       Ard Biesheuvel <ardb () kernel ! org>
Date:       2021-02-15 17:33:15
Message-ID: CAMj1kXECOtK4sibM23-at+hosCGp46hHhxVj4NtamJmzm1JVnw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 18:13, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Describes deviations for ConnectController() and LoadImage().
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> ---
>  source/chapter2-uefi.rst | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/source/chapter2-uefi.rst b/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
> index 49aec46..660eb27 100644
> --- a/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
> +++ b/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
> @@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ interface specific UEFI protocols, and so they have been made optional.
>
>     * - Element
>       - Description of deviation
> +   * - `LoadImage()`
> +     - The LoadImage() boot service is not required to install an
> +       EFI_HII_PACKAGE_LIST_PROTOCOL for an image containing a custom PE/COFF
> +       resource with the type 'HII'. - HII resource images are not needed to run
> +       the UEFI shell or the SCT.
> +   * - `ConnectController()`
> +     - The ConnectController()` boot service is not required to support the
> +       EFI_PLATFORM_DRIVER_OVERRIDE_PROTOCOL,
> +       EFI_DRIVER_FAMILY_OVERRIDE_PROTOCOL, and
> +       EFI_BUS_SPECIFIC_DRIVER_OVERRIDE_PROTOCOL. - These override protocols are
> +       only useful if drivers are loaded as EFI binaries by the firmware.
>     * - `EFI_HII_CONFIG_ACCESS_PROTOCOL`
>       - UEFI requires this for console devices, but it is rarely necessary in practice.
>         Therefore this protocol is not required.
> --
> 2.30.0
>
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