Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/2] LegacyBios: set NumberBbsEntries to the size of BbsTable

["Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 06/25/19 00:08, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 06/21/19 12:59, David Woodhouse wrote:

>> Adding a generic way for block devices to report a human-readable
>> description in order to kill off all the device-type-specific functions
>> in BmBootDescription.c presumably *would* involve actually coordinating
>> with UEFI Specifications first?
>>
>> But we could consider that a second step. If I make the LegacyBm code
>> just call the existing (but renamed) EfiBootManagerGetBootDescription()
>> then all the horrid special cases and the specification work that's
>> required to fix them are purely an implementation detail in
>> EfiBootManagerLib? 
> 
> I think exposing EfiBootManagerGetBootDescription() as a public
> function, as-is, is a no-brainer, if platforms need it.
> 
> *Changing* EfiBootManagerGetBootDescription() is hairier.
> UefiBootManagerLib strives for strict spec compliance (and minimalism),
> if I remember correctly. However, I'm not a big fan of that approach
> myself, and recently, "extend first, standardize second" has seemed more
> accepted/tolerated than before. (I'm an active proponent of this latter
> approach.)
> 
> A new hook into PlatformBootManagerLib might help, either way. Please
> see TianoCore#982, and commit range cef7ecf6cdb4..1010873becc5.
> 
> So, please ask Ray (CC'd) :)

Wait, we already have EfiBootManagerRegisterBootDescriptionHandler().
Could that help?

Thanks,
Laszlo