[PATCH v2 35/39] efi: Mention that efi_info_get() is only used in the stub
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Sat Sep 25 02:30:51 CEST 2021
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>
---
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 e04ef942161..8198394e7e0 100644
--- a/include/efi.h
+++ b/include/efi.h
@@ -580,6 +580,10 @@ 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.
+ * It can only be used when running from the EFI stuff, not when U-Boot is
+ * running as an app.
+ *
* @type: Entry type to search for
* @datap: Returns pointer to entry data
* @sizep: Returns pointer to entry size
--
2.33.0.685.g46640cef36-goog
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