[edk2-devel] [PATCH v1 3/3] OvmfPkg/X86QemuLoadImageLib: State fw_cfg dependency in file header

Dov Murik dovmurik at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jun 9 12:18:28 UTC 2021


Make it clear that X86QemuLoadImageLib relies on fw_cfg; prepare the
ground to add a warning about the incompatibility with boot verification
process.

Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+tianocore at kernel.org>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen at intel.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <jejb at linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Tobin Feldman-Fitzthum <tobin at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dov Murik <dovmurik at linux.ibm.com>
---
 OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoadImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoadImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c b/OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoadImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c
index 1177582ab051..dc9018f4333b 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoadImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoadImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   X86 specific implementation of QemuLoadImageLib library class interface
   with support for loading mixed mode images and non-EFI stub images
 
+  Note that this implementation reads the cmdline (and possibly kernel, setup
+  data, and initrd in the legacy boot mode) from fw_cfg directly.
+
   Copyright (c) 2006 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
   Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Ltd. All rights reserved.<BR>
 
-- 
2.25.1



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