[PATCH v5 17/28] efi: Mention that efi_info_get() is only used in the stub
Heinrich Schuchardt
xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Dec 9 21:20:29 CET 2021
On 12/4/21 07:56, Simon Glass wrote:
> This provides access to EFI tables after U-Boot has exited boot services.
> It is not needed in the app since boot services remain alive and we can
> just call them whenever needed.
>
> Add a comment to explain this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> (no changes since v2)
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix 'as' typo
>
> include/efi.h | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/efi.h b/include/efi.h
> index ed28c204140..69321cc5cc4 100644
> --- a/include/efi.h
> +++ b/include/efi.h
> @@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ void efi_putc(struct efi_priv *priv, const char ch);
> /**
> * efi_info_get() - get an entry from an EFI table
> *
> + * This is called from U-Boot proper to read information set up by the EFI stub.
%s/This/This function/
> + * It can only be used when running from the EFI stuff, not when U-Boot is
'stuff' is very unspecific and colloquial.
Best regards
Heinrich
> + * running as an app.
> + *
> * @type: Entry type to search for
> * @datap: Returns pointer to entry data
> * @sizep: Returns pointer to entry size
>
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