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Date:      Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:44:56 +0100
From:      Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 74704a26bc2c - main - efi: Create a define for memory descriptor version
Message-ID:  <563EB46C-FEA6-4E1D-B9D5-9EFCF3427FCF@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <202208261741.27QHfVse092900@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202208261741.27QHfVse092900@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On 26 Aug 2022, at 18:41, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> The branch main has been updated by imp:
>=20
> URL: =
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D74704a26bc2cfc72de6821d29a1f53b9=
d8c65f55
>=20
> commit 74704a26bc2cfc72de6821d29a1f53b9d8c65f55
> Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2022-08-26 17:39:37 +0000
> Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2022-08-26 17:40:42 +0000
>=20
>    efi: Create a define for memory descriptor version
>=20
>    For true EFI platforms, the EFI BIOS will return version 1 (since =
no
>    other version is defined as of this commit). However, for =
environments
>    that wish to create an EFI memory mapping table that aren't =
actually
>    EFI, we need to know this. Add EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR_VERSION for =
this
>    constant.

Should such environments not be hard-coding version 1? Otherwise you
risk starting to silently create version 2 structures in the future if
this is bumped, but initialised as if they were version 1, which could
mean leaving some new fields uninitialised.

Jess

>    Sponsored by:           Netflix
> ---
> sys/sys/efi.h | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>=20
> diff --git a/sys/sys/efi.h b/sys/sys/efi.h
> index 6ace7dd6e523..f5dc15ae418f 100644
> --- a/sys/sys/efi.h
> +++ b/sys/sys/efi.h
> @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ struct efi_cfgtbl {
> 	void		*ct_data;
> };
>=20
> +#define EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR_VERSION 1
> +
> struct efi_md {
> 	uint32_t	md_type;
> #define	EFI_MD_TYPE_NULL	0



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