Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] MdeModulePkg/UefiBootManagerLib: Configurable New Boot Options

["Ni, Ray" <ray.ni@intel.com>]

Please use the EfiBootManagerSortLoadOptionVariable() to sort the boot options from PlatformBootManagerLib.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ashish Singhal via groups.io
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:02 AM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Wang, Jian J <jian.j.wang@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Gao, Zhichao
> <zhichao.gao@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>
> Cc: Ashish Singhal <ashishsingha@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] MdeModulePkg/UefiBootManagerLib: Configurable New Boot Options
> 
> Add a new PCD to be able to configure whether newly detected boot options
> are to be added at the beginning of the current boot options list or at
> the end.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashish Singhal <ashishsingha@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/BmBoot.c            | 6 +++++-
>  .../Library/UefiBootManagerLib/UefiBootManagerLib.inf       | 1 +
>  MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec                               | 5 +++++
>  MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni                               | 4 ++++
>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/BmBoot.c b/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/BmBoot.c
> index 962892d38f..8a46100c2a 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/BmBoot.c
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/BmBoot.c
> @@ -2435,7 +2435,11 @@ EfiBootManagerRefreshAllBootOption (
>    //
>    for (Index = 0; Index < BootOptionCount; Index++) {
>      if (EfiBootManagerFindLoadOption (&BootOptions[Index], NvBootOptions, NvBootOptionCount) == -1) {
> -      EfiBootManagerAddLoadOptionVariable (&BootOptions[Index], (UINTN)-1);
> +      if (PcdGetBool (PcdNewBootOptionAtStart)) {
> +        EfiBootManagerAddLoadOptionVariable (&BootOptions[Index], 0);
> +      } else {
> +        EfiBootManagerAddLoadOptionVariable (&BootOptions[Index], (UINTN)-1);
> +      }
>        //
>        // Try best to add the boot options so continue upon failure.
>        //
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/UefiBootManagerLib.inf
> b/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/UefiBootManagerLib.inf
> index fe05d5f1cc..46f41a7c63 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/UefiBootManagerLib.inf
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiBootManagerLib/UefiBootManagerLib.inf
> @@ -119,3 +119,4 @@
>    gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdBootManagerMenuFile                     ## CONSUMES
>    gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDriverHealthConfigureForm               ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
>    gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxRepairCount                          ## CONSUMES
> +  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdNewBootOptionAtStart                    ## CONSUMES
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
> index cf79292ec8..9d696f117b 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
> @@ -2146,6 +2146,11 @@
>    # @Prompt GHCB Pool Size
>    gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGhcbSize|0|UINT64|0x00030008
> 
> +  ## This dynamic PCD holds the flag to tell UEFI boot manager whether to add newly detected devices at
> +  #  the end, or at the start of the boot option.
> +  # @Prompt Add new devices in boot options at start
> +  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdNewBootOptionAtStart|FALSE|BOOLEAN|0x00030009
> +
>  [PcdsDynamicEx]
>    ## This dynamic PCD enables the default variable setting.
>    #  Its value is the default store ID value. The default value is zero as Standard default.
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni
> index b070f15ff2..8e68db1c25 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni
> @@ -1325,6 +1325,10 @@
> 
>  #string STR_gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdGhcbBase_HELP #language en-US "Used with SEV-ES support to identify
> an address range that is not to be encrypted."
> 
> +#string STR_gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdNewBootOptionAtStart_PROMPT #language en-US "Add new devices in
> boot options at start"
> +
> +#string STR_gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdNewBootOptionAtStart_HELP #language en-US "Used by UEFI boot
> manager to decide whether to place newly detcted devices at start of the list or end."
> +
>  #string STR_gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdGhcbSize_PROMPT #language en-US "Guest-Hypervisor Communication
> Block (GHCB) Pool Base Size"
> 
>  #string STR_gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdGhcbSize_HELP #language en-US "Used with SEV-ES support to identify the
> size of the address range that is not to be encrypted."
> --
> 2.17.1
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