Re: Undefined types referenced in MdePkg

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 08/01/18 19:49, edk2-lists@mc2research.org wrote:
> When including MdePkg/Include/Library/HobLib.h in my project I get errors
> indicating that the following types are undefined:
> 
> *	EFI_RESOURCE_TYPE, lines 206 and 231
> *	EFI_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE, lines 207 and 232
> 
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> 
> A similar thing is happening with MdePkg/Include/Protocol/FirmwareVolume2.h.
> 
> *	EFI_FV_FILE_ATTRIBUTES, lines 309, 443, 612
> 
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> 
> I updated my EDK II tree then searched the entire tree for these types.  They
> only show up in the locations mentioned above; never defined.
> 
>  
> 
> Am I missing something or are these really undefined?
> 
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> 
> I don't want to just disable these errors since that could hide a bigger
> problem.

IMO, the header files you mention should include the following files,
respectively:

- MdePkg/Include/Library/HobLib.h
  --> MdePkg/Include/Pi/PiHob.h

- MdePkg/Include/Protocol/FirmwareVolume2.h
  --> MdePkg/Include/Pi/PiFirmwareVolume.h

I'm firmly in the camp that believes that developers should not have to
hunt down themselves the dependencies of the main API header file that
they are actually interested in.

Thanks
Laszlo