From: "Gao, Liming" <liming.gao@intel.com>
To: David F. <df7729@gmail.com>
Cc: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
Subject: Re: StartImage() return value an error or return code ?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 02:16:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A89E2EF3DFEDB4C8BFDE51014F606A14E14E71B@SHSMSX152.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGRSmLts3AOSVoYkH69ayc-BRrpkZ=tMdV986hvjfkZPnDBQng@mail.gmail.com>
Right. UEFI spec defines ExitData format that null terminated string + optional binary data.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David F. [mailto:df7729@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:07 PM
> To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: Re: [edk2] StartImage() return value an error or return code ?
>
> But what if you're running some unknown app that you don't know the
> return code format in the ExitData? It seems to just read that the
> ExitData will be some text followed by some binary data.
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com> wrote:
> > Per UEFI spec, StartImage() has the optional output ExitData. If ExitData is not NULL, the exit status will be from the image.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> >>David F.
> >>Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 2:53 PM
> >>To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> >>Subject: [edk2] StartImage() return value an error or return code ?
> >>
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Is there a way to tell if the return code from StartImage() is
> >>actually an error from StartImage() vs the exit code of some
> >>application (generic application that may return an error code value
> >>but not set exitdata). It would seem to conflict with
> >>EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER and EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION so where actual
> >>value came from is unknown?
> >>
> >>TIA!!
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2017-09-08 6:53 StartImage() return value an error or return code ? David F.
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2017-09-13 4:06 ` David F.
2017-09-14 2:16 ` Gao, Liming [this message]
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