SetupDesignGuide.pdf - Firmware Encoding Index

Table of Contents
1 Introduction......................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Scope .................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Target Audience .................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Related Information ............................................................................................... 7
1.4 Terms .................................................................................................................... 8
1.5 Conventions Used in This Document .................................................................. 10
1.5.1 1.5.2 Data Structure Descriptions..................................................................... 10
Protocol Descriptions............................................................................... 10
1.5.3 Procedure Descriptions ........................................................................... 10
1.5.4 Pseudo-Code Conventions...................................................................... 11
1.5.5 Typographic Conventions........................................................................ 11
2 Setup Infrastructure Overview ........................................................................ 13
2.1 Components of the Setup Infrastructure.............................................................. 13
2.1.1 VFR/IFR................................................................................................... 13
2.1.2 2.1.3
Strings ..................................................................................................... 13
Fonts........................................................................................................ 14
2.1.4 EFI Driver (Containing Setup Data) ......................................................... 15
2.1.5 HII Database............................................................................................ 16
2.1.6 Configuration Driver................................................................................. 16
2.2
2.3
2.4
Composition of VFR and String data................................................................... 16
How multiple language support is handled.......................................................... 17
Storing Configuration Settings............................................................................. 18
2.5 O/S Runtime Utilization ....................................................................................... 19
2.6 How to get hardware information in setup........................................................... 20
2.6.1 2.6.2 Single Iteration Hardware Interaction ...................................................... 20
Multiple Iteration Hardware Interaction.................................................... 21
2.7 Setup Infrastructure Overview Graphic ............................................................... 22
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Setup Build Infrastructure ............................................................................... 24
3.1 Setup Build Infrastructure Elements.................................................................... 24
3.1.1 VFR Compiler .......................................................................................... 24
3.1.2 NVRAM Mapping File .............................................................................. 24
3.1.3 String Definitions...................................................................................... 25
3.1.4 IFR Header Files...................................................................................... 25
4 VFR Programming Language .......................................................................... 27
4.1 BNF of VFR ......................................................................................................... 27
4.2 VFR Programming Keywords.............................................................................. 29
4.2.1 4.2.2 // (comment marker) ................................................................................ 29
#define..................................................................................................... 29
4.2.3 #include ................................................................................................... 29
4.2.4 #strlang.................................................................................................... 29
4.2.5 #strdef...................................................................................................... 29
4.2.6 formset / endformset................................................................................ 30
4.2.7 nvstorage................................................................................................. 30
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