> On Feb 16, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Brian J. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/16/2016 12:58 AM, Dandan Bi wrote: >> This feature is aimed to allow OS make use of the HII database >> during runtime. In this case, the contents of the HII Database >> is exported to a buffer. The pointer to the buffer is placed >> in the EFI System Configuration Table, where it can be retrieved >> by an OS application. >> >> Export the configuration data and contents of HiiDatabase when >> driver add package, update package and remove package. >> For string and image may also need to update the contents of >> HiiDatabase when NewString/SetString, NewImage/SetImage. >> >> Cc: Liming Gao <[email protected]> >> Cc: Eric Dong <[email protected]> >> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 >> Signed-off-by: Dandan Bi <[email protected]> >> ... > > Please make this behavior selectable via a PCD. HII operations are very > expensive, especially on simulators. I don't want to pay the export time > every time a package is added or string is changed. Also, platforms should > be able to decide if they want to offer this data to the OS. >
+1 I would want to opt out to NOT take the memory away from the OS if the platform did not care about the feature. Thanks, Andrew Fish > Why not just export the data once, using a "ready to boot" event hook? > > Thanks, > -- > > Brian J. Johnson > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > My statements are my own, are not authorized by SGI, and do not > necessarily represent SGI’s positions. > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
