Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] ShellPkg: Validate that the Boot CPU is present in MADT

["Joey Gouly" <joey.gouly@arm.com>]

> From: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] ShellPkg: Validate that the Boot CPU is present in MADT
>
> The ACPI 6.3 Specification, January 2019, section 5.2.12.14 states that
> the firmware must convey each processor’s GIC information to the OS using
> the GICC structure.
>
> If a GICC structure for the boot CPU is missing some standards-based
> operating system may crash with an error code. It may be difficult to
> diagnose the reason for the crash as the error code may be too generic
> and mean firmware error.
>
> Therefore add validation to the MADT table parser to check that a GICC is
> present for the boot CPU.

Ping.

Is anyone able to review this patch adding some more validation checks to Acpiview / MADT?

Thanks,
Joey