Re: [PATCH 16/34] image: Add a new type for EFI apps

[Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>]

> From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:23:55 -0600

Hi Simon,

> Add an image type for EFI applications, which U-Boot supports reading.

Not necessarily a bad idea, but what would the image type be of a
Linux kernel that is also an EFI application?  See:

  https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/efi-stub.html

Cheers,

Mark

> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> ---
> 
>  boot/image.c    | 1 +
>  include/image.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/boot/image.c b/boot/image.c
> index cf16fb7fbf7..b13644b03dc 100644
> --- a/boot/image.c
> +++ b/boot/image.c
> @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static const table_entry_t uimage_type[] = {
>  	{	IH_TYPE_RENESAS_SPKG, "spkgimage", "Renesas SPKG Image" },
>  	{	IH_TYPE_STARFIVE_SPL, "sfspl", "StarFive SPL Image" },
>  	{	IH_TYPE_EXTLINUX_CFG, "extlinux_cfg", "Extlinux configuration" },
> +	{	IH_TYPE_EFI, "efi", "EFI applicaiton" },
>  	{	-1,		    "",		  "",			},
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
> index 606e7d49169..a04925aa829 100644
> --- a/include/image.h
> +++ b/include/image.h
> @@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ enum image_type_t {
>  	IH_TYPE_RENESAS_SPKG,		/* Renesas SPKG image */
>  	IH_TYPE_STARFIVE_SPL,		/* StarFive SPL image */
>  	IH_TYPE_EXTLINUX_CFG,		/* extlinux configuration-file */
> +	IH_TYPE_EFI,			/* EFI PE image */
>  
>  	IH_TYPE_COUNT,			/* Number of image types */
>  };
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
>