So, I managed to solve this issue by adding my file to the [FV.DXEFV]
section. I don't know why my files aren't found when I add them
in [FV.FVMAIN_COMPACT] section.


On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 3:16 PM Alireza Banejad via groups.io
<alibanejad1376=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

> Any thoughts?
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 3:32 PM Alireza Banejad via groups.io
> <alibanejad1376=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I have this bmp file which I defined in the FV.FVMAIN_COMPACT section of
>> the OvmfPkgX64.fdf file. when I get the a hexdump on the built firmware
>> (OVMF.fd) I can see the file inside it. but whenever I call the
>> the GetSectionFromAnyFv() function from a Application it fails to find the
>> file.
>> This is how I defined the file in OvmfX64.fdf:
>> ____________________________________
>> [FV.FVMAIN_COMPACT]
>> FvNameGuid         = 48DB5E17-707C-472D-91CD-1613E7EF51B0
>> FvAlignment        = 16
>> ERASE_POLARITY     = 1
>> MEMORY_MAPPED      = TRUE
>> STICKY_WRITE       = TRUE
>> LOCK_CAP           = TRUE
>> LOCK_STATUS        = TRUE
>> WRITE_DISABLED_CAP = TRUE
>> WRITE_ENABLED_CAP  = TRUE
>> WRITE_STATUS       = TRUE
>> WRITE_LOCK_CAP     = TRUE
>> WRITE_LOCK_STATUS  = TRUE
>> READ_DISABLED_CAP  = TRUE
>> READ_ENABLED_CAP   = TRUE
>> READ_STATUS        = TRUE
>> READ_LOCK_CAP      = TRUE
>> READ_LOCK_STATUS   = TRUE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> FILE FV_IMAGE = 9E21FD93-9C72-4c15-8C4B-E77F1DB2D792 {
>>    SECTION GUIDED EE4E5898-3914-4259-9D6E-DC7BD79403CF
>> PROCESSING_REQUIRED = TRUE {
>>      #
>>      # These firmware volumes will have files placed in them uncompressed,
>>      # and then both firmware volumes will be compressed in a single
>>      # compression operation in order to achieve better overall
>> compression.
>>      #
>>      SECTION FV_IMAGE = PEIFV
>>      SECTION FV_IMAGE = DXEFV
>>    }
>>  }
>>   FILE FREEFORM = AFDAEAB5-3F81-4E93-8EE3-228434BA283D {
>>     SECTION RAW = OemPkg/FrontPage/Resources/FrontpageLogo.bmp
>>   }
>>
>>
>>
>> !include FvmainCompactScratchEnd.fdf.inc
>> __________________________________________
>>
>> and this is how I am using the GetSectionFromAnyFv() function:
>>   Status = GetSectionFromAnyFv (
>>              FileGuid,
>>              EFI_SECTION_RAW,
>>              0,
>>              (VOID **)&BMPData,
>>              &BMPDataSize
>>              );
>> So there's nothing much to it, yet I still don't know why it fails to
>> find the file. I also must mention that I checked the GUID being passed to
>> the function and the GUID of the file, they are both the same. I still
>> don't know what's going on
>>
>> 
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