Re: writing EDK compatible application.

[Amit kumar <akamit91@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the suggestion Marvin, I will try switching to text mode.
Amit
> On Jul 4, 2017, at 11:21 PM, Marvin Häuser <Marvin.Haeuser@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, if EFI Shell 1.0 works, why not use it?
> Mac EFI exposes the ConsoleControl protocol, which lets you switch between text and graphics mode.
> That might be the reason your text outputs don't show, because graphics is the default mode on Mac EFI,
> though I could never test this myself as I lack the hardware.
> 
> Regards,
> Marvin.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Amit kumar [mailto:akamit91@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:46 PM
>> To: Marvin H?user <Marvin.Haeuser@outlook.com>
>> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
>> Subject: Re: [edk2] writing EDK compatible application.
>> 
>> Hi,
>> Yes intact it’s MacBook, but is there another way to do it without UEFI shell.
>> In edk2/shellpkgbin are 2.2+, even shell fails to execute on Mac.
>> Although efi shell 1.0 works. Is there a to do it without shell ?
>> Thanks
>> Amit
>>> On Jul 4, 2017, at 11:05 PM, Marvin H?user
>> <Marvin.Haeuser@outlook.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey,
>>> 
>>> The entry point declarations and the calling conventions have not changed
>> since EFI 1.10, though X64 was not a supported platform for 1.10 if I
>> remember correctly.
>>> To be honest, I never saw an x64 EFI 1.10 implementation other than
>> Apple's, though even if it still signals that version, it's actually more UEFI by
>> now.
>>> I don't own a Mac, so if it's the platform you tested your app on, I can't tell
>> you why it didn't work, but I would suggest you to run the app from an EFI
>> Shell.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Marvin.
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf
>>>> Of Amit kumar
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:21 PM
>>>> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
>>>> Subject: [edk2] writing EDK compatible application.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> HI,
>>>> 
>>>> I have written a code (say helloworld program ) using edk2 framework,
>>>> named the output efi file as BOOTx64.efi and placed it on a removable
>>>> media in EFI/BOOT/ directory so that the application is listed in one time
>> boot menu.
>>>> When selected from boot menu it prints "Hello World".
>>>> Which works as expected when tested on UEFI 2.3 and above platforms.
>>>> But the same code fails to execute on EFI 1.10 platforms. Which i
>>>> suppose is the problem with application entry point.
>>>> Can somebody suggest me a way so that the application entry function
>>>> can be compatible to both the platform. Even when written according
>>>> to UEFI 2.5+ Spec ?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Amit
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