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From: "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 11:56:01AM +0000, Ni, Ray wrote:
> Gerd,
> That requires changing PI spec 

Yes, but we have
https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Code-First-Process

> and all HOB consuming logic.

There is no need to change the existing logic.  Code to handle
chunked HOBs can go to new helper functions in HobLib.

take care,
  Gerd