Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-13 Thread Dong, Eric
, 2013 12:38 AM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Tim, I mean I do not use EFI Var Store. I am however using Buffer Var Store as my VFR storage. Also, I do not use an EFI variable locally to save the data. So I wasn't sure what GUID it was expecting i

Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-13 Thread Ben Schroeder
s good for what I need. Thanks, Ben. From: Tim Lewis [mailto:tim.le...@insyde.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:15 PM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Ben - When you say "I do not use a Var Store" what do you mean? Why not use a

Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Lewis
ubject: Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Eric, In ExtractConfig function of HII config access protocol, I am required to return a This header includes the following 3 fields: ::= 'GUID=' ::= 'NAME=' ::= 'PATH=' Assuming I do not use a Var Store, but decide to save d

Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-13 Thread Ben Schroeder
GUID and Name fields? Thanks, Ben. From: Dong, Eric [mailto:eric.d...@intel.com] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:11 AM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Ben, Add my comments below. Thanks, Eric From: Ben Schroeder [mailto:ben...@mellanox.com] Sen

Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-07 Thread Dong, Eric
Ben, Add my comments below. Thanks, Eric From: Ben Schroeder [mailto:ben...@mellanox.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 11:53 PM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Let me clarify my third question: The example shows code that when receiving a NULL

Re: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-07 Thread Ben Schroeder
feature? Thanks, Ben From: Ben Schroeder [mailto:ben...@mellanox.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 5:39 PM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [edk2] Hii and EFI Variables Hi, First Question: The examples I have seen for HII Config Access Protocol have used an EFI Variable to store

[edk2] Hii and EFI Variables

2013-11-07 Thread Ben Schroeder
Hi, First Question: The examples I have seen for HII Config Access Protocol have used an EFI Variable to store the data and retrieve it. Is it possible to just use a defined structure and set/get the values from it. It doesn't seem that GetVariable/SetVariable are necessary if I can just save t