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fb3df220 1/** @file\r
50a64e5b 2 Provides library services to make PAL Calls.\r
8789c5e0 3 \r
4 The PAL Library provides a service to make a PAL CALL. This service is identical\r
1a2f870c 5 in functionality to AsmPalCall() in the functions of the Base Library specific to Intel Itanium architecture.\r
6 The only difference is that the PAL Entry Point is not passed in. Implementations\r
8789c5e0 7 of this library class must manage PAL Entry Point on their own. For example, a PEI\r
8 implementation can use a PPI to lookup the PAL Entry Point, and a DXE implementation\r
9 can contain a constructor to look up the PAL Entry Point from a HOB. This library class \r
1a2f870c 10 is only available on Intel Itanium-based platforms.\r
8789c5e0 11 \r
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12Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>\r
13This program and the accompanying materials \r
9638ba6d 14are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License \r
15which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at \r
16http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php \r
fb3df220 17\r
9638ba6d 18THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, \r
19WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. \r
fb3df220 20\r
fb3df220 21**/\r
22\r
23#ifndef __PAL_CALL_LIB_H__\r
24#define __PAL_CALL_LIB_H__\r
25\r
a7b64584 26#include <IndustryStandard/Pal.h>\r
9c2369c1 27\r
fb3df220 28/**\r
29 Makes a PAL procedure call.\r
30\r
31 This is a wrapper function to make a PAL procedure call. Based on the Index value,\r
32 this API will make static or stacked PAL call. Architected procedures may be designated\r
33 as required or optional. If a PAL procedure is specified as optional, a unique return\r
34 code of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF is returned in the Status field of the PAL_CALL_RETURN structure.\r
35 This indicates that the procedure is not present in this PAL implementation. It is the\r
ac644614 36 caller's responsibility to check for this return code after calling any optional PAL\r
fb3df220 37 procedure. No parameter checking is performed on the 4 input parameters, but there are\r
38 some common rules that the caller should follow when making a PAL call. Any address\r
39 passed to PAL as buffers for return parameters must be 8-byte aligned. Unaligned addresses\r
40 may cause undefined results. For those parameters defined as reserved or some fields\r
41 defined as reserved must be zero filled or the invalid argument return value may be\r
42 returned or undefined result may occur during the execution of the procedure.\r
1a2f870c 43 This function is only available on Intel Itanium-based platforms.\r
fb3df220 44\r
e7b1b596 45 @param Index The PAL procedure Index number.\r
46 @param Arg2 The 2nd parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
47 @param Arg3 The 3rd parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
48 @param Arg4 The 4th parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
fb3df220 49\r
98ea597b 50 @return Structure returned from the PAL Call procedure, including the status and return value.\r
fb3df220 51\r
52**/\r
53PAL_CALL_RETURN\r
54EFIAPI\r
55PalCall (\r
56 IN UINT64 Index,\r
57 IN UINT64 Arg2,\r
58 IN UINT64 Arg3,\r
59 IN UINT64 Arg4\r
60 );\r
61\r
62#endif\r
63\r