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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support
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    On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:09 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
    > > EFI runtime
    > > services initialization are implemented in efi.c. Some x86_64
    > > specifics are worth noting here. On x86_64, parameters passed to UEFI
    > > firmware services need to follow the UEFI calling convention. For this
    > > purpose, a set of functions named lin2win<x> (<x> is the number of
    > > parameters) are implemented. EFI function calls are wrapped before
    > > calling the firmware service.
    >
    > Why needs this to be called lin2win? We do not call Windows, we call
    > EFI services, so please use a naming convention which is related to
    > the functionality of the code.
    >
    > > + *
    > > + * Function calling ABI conversion from SYSV to Windows for x86_64
    >
    > Again, these are wrappers to access EFI and not Windows.

    EFI uses the Windows x86_64 calling convention. The lin2win may be a
    more general naming convention that can be used for some other code (the
    NDISwrapper?) in the future. Do you agree?

    Best Regards,
    Huang Ying
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