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From: Tim Lewis <tim.lewis@insyde.com>
To: "Gao, Liming" <liming.gao@intel.com>,
	Boaz Kahana <Boaz_Kahana@Phoenix.com>,
	"edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
Subject: Re: Protocol EFI_FORM_BROWSER_EXTENSION_PROTOCOL - included in UDK code but not part of the spec
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:03:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7236196A5DF6C040855A6D96F556A53F3EEF30@msmail.insydesw.com.tw> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A89E2EF3DFEDB4C8BFDE51014F606A14B47B0B2@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com>

Liming --

Could you change the protocol name, and then use a typedef with the old name for compatibility?

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Gao, Liming
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:57 PM
To: Boaz Kahana <Boaz_Kahana@Phoenix.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
Subject: Re: [edk2] Protocol EFI_FORM_BROWSER_EXTENSION_PROTOCOL - included in UDK code but not part of the spec

Boaz:
  This protocol is edk2 implement protocol. We have no plan to propose it to UEFI spec. Its EFI_ prefix is history reason. To avoid the incompatible change, we don't change its definition. But for any new introduced protocol, we will insist on this rule without EFI_ prefix. 

Thanks
Liming
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of 
> Boaz Kahana
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:25 AM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: [edk2] Protocol EFI_FORM_BROWSER_EXTENSION_PROTOCOL - 
> included in UDK code but not part of the spec
> 
> The protocol EFI_FORM_BROWSER_EXTENSION_PROTOCOL is defined in 
> MdeModulePkg\Include\Protocol\FormBrowserEx.h with EFI_ prefix 
> although it is not part of the UEFI spec.
> (It was added by Intel - Liming - in Sep 2011)
> 
> IMHO it should be added to the UEFI spec otherwise it should not use 
> the EFI_ prefix.
> 
> Boaz
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-21 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-16  0:24 Protocol EFI_FORM_BROWSER_EXTENSION_PROTOCOL - included in UDK code but not part of the spec Boaz Kahana
2016-09-21  3:56 ` Gao, Liming
2016-09-21 16:03   ` Tim Lewis [this message]
2016-09-21 16:26     ` Kinney, Michael D
2016-09-22  2:08       ` Gao, Liming

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