[edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] EDK2 Code First: PI Specification: Expand PI Status Codes

[Kun Qin]

Hi community maintainers,

It has been a few weeks since the patches being sent out. Could anyone 
please provide any feedback on this code-first series so that we can 
keep the wheels rolling as the first step of N?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kun

On 02/03/2022 11:03, Kun Qin via groups.io wrote:
> REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3794
> 
> This patch series is a rebase of previous submission:
> https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/85335
> 
> In current Status Codes definitions of PI spec v1.7 errata, there are a
> few instances where the software could trigger system reboots while the
> corresponding case were not covered by the already defined status codes.
> 
> One scenario that OEMs would be interested is that fragmented memory map
> from boot to boot would fail to meet certain OS ACPI requirements (i.e.
> S4 resume boot requires consistent memory maps) and trigger system
> reboots. Yet the corresponding case was not covered by the already
> defined status codes.
> 
> The unexpected system reboots above could indicate decay of system health
> and reporting of such generic events would provide helpful information to
> OEMs to investigate/prevent system failures in general.
> 
> The change intends to expand definitions of `EFI_SW_EC_**` under Status
> Codes to cover more unexpected system reboot events, which could improve
> Status Code futility and readability.
> 
> Compared to previous series, v3 patch changes mainly include:
> a. Added BZ3794 prefix for newly added macro definitions;
> 
> Patch v3 branch: https://github.com/kuqin12/edk2/tree/BZ3794-expand_status_codes_v3
> 
> Cc: Andrew Fish <afish at apple.com>
> Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif at nuviainc.com>
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <gaoliming at byosoft.com.cn>
> Cc: Zhiguang Liu <zhiguang.liu at intel.com>
> 
> Kun Qin (2):
>    EDK2 Code First: PI Specification: New error codes of Host Software
>      class
>    MdePkg: MmCommunication: Add new Host Software class Error Code to
>      MdePkg
> 
>   CodeFirst/BZ3794-SpecChange.md   | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   MdePkg/Include/Pi/PiStatusCode.h |  1 +
>   2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 CodeFirst/BZ3794-SpecChange.md
> 


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