From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received-SPF: Neutral (access neither permitted nor denied) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=63.147.10.40; helo=atlmailgw1.ami.com; envelope-from=felixp@ami.com; receiver=edk2-devel@lists.01.org Received: from atlmailgw1.ami.com (atlmailgw1.ami.com [63.147.10.40]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CE3C220C1C43 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:56:12 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: ac1060b2-f45ff70000005731-85-5a200f04ff39 Received: from atlms2.us.megatrends.com (atlms2.us.megatrends.com [172.16.96.152]) (using TLS with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by atlmailgw1.ami.com (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 1C.50.22321.40F002A5; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:00:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from ATLMS1.us.megatrends.com ([fe80::8c55:daf0:ef05:5605]) by atlms2.us.megatrends.com ([fe80::29dc:a91e:ea0c:cdeb%12]) with mapi id 14.03.0123.003; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:00:36 -0500 From: Felix Poludov To: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" Thread-Topic: edk2 interface deprecation policy Thread-Index: AdNp4pfr7+u/EK+jQZukLW6fR9eGAw== Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:00:36 +0000 Message-ID: <9333E191E0D52B4999CE63A99BA663A00302B63C30@atlms1.us.megatrends.com> Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [172.16.99.93] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmpileLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42JZI5AwQ5eVXyHK4OwWFos9h44yOzB6dM/+ xxLAGNXAaJOYl5dfkliSqpCSWpxsqxRQlFmWmFyppJCZYqtkqKRQkJOYnJqbmldiq5RYUJCa l6Jkx6WAAWyAyjLzFFLzkvNTMvPSbZU8g/11LSxMLXUNlexCMlIVMvPS8otyE0sy8/MUkvPz SoCqU1OAogoJXZwZLat2sRZc2sxYsWnBCpYGxkOLGLsYOTkkBEwkNk29wgpiCwlsZ5KYt8i2 i5ELyD7MKDHxcBMLSIJNQEVi09kLzCC2iIC5ROv8K0wgtrCAlsSh7h5GiLi+xK1V3VC2nsT/ 7a/ZQWwWAVWJT0sXgtm8AoES95d8ALMZBcQkvp9aAzaHWUBc4taT+UwQBwlILNlznhnCFpV4 +fgfK4StILHlfSdQLwdQfb7ErT5XiJGCEidnPmGZwCg4C8mkWQhVs5BUQZToSCzY/YkNwtaW WLbwNTOMfebAYyZk8QWM7KsYhRJLcnITM3PSyw31EnMz9ZLzczcxQqJ80w7GlovmhxgFOBiV eHj9PslHCbEmlhVX5h5ilOBgVhLhVT4BFOJNSaysSi3Kjy8qzUktPsToBAyUicxS3KAoAsZ5 vLGBgZQojGNoYmZibmRuaGlibmysJM6bcOlQpJBAOjDtZKemFqQWwQxh4uCUamDs3vHhdiPz rYtHSiPtg6ZMZPqzzuZj/Pk8Z91pnftOXb6h5D/7M8P6T692dm8/aFfJd7dwV8q97DRhk6Mr O2+nCiwsXFWe4hCUsEj0qaP2xK9HzxoE+x67Krfo9C2HJwrZbKvlm1Zvi0ozf8tX5XPdZmnh PaVgk74/rQ5p8p83KjPcuf7ef/EmJZbijERDLeai4kQAUTeHdxUDAAA= X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 Subject: edk2 interface deprecation policy X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:56:13 -0000 Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does edk2 have a policy regarding deprecation of interface definition header= s? I can see that definition of the UgaDraw protocol that was deprecated years= ago (I believe in UEFI 2.0) is still part of the code base; yet, definition= of the SMM Communication ACPI Table that was deprecated this year in UEFI 2= .6B has already been removed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. The information contained in this message may be confidential and proprietar= y to American Megatrends, Inc. This communication is intended to be read on= ly by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee.= If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on not= ice that any distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibit= ed. Please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail or by telephone at 77= 0-246-8600, and then delete or destroy all copies of the transmission.