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/** @file\r
  Provides library services to make PAL Calls.\r
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Copyright (c) 2006 -2008, Intel Corporation All rights\r
reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are\r
licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of\r
the BSD License which accompanies this distribution.  The full\r
text of the license may be found at\r
http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php\r
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THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,\r
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.\r
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**/\r
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#ifndef __PAL_CALL_LIB_H__\r
#define __PAL_CALL_LIB_H__\r
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#include <IndustryStandard/Pal.h>\r
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/**\r
  Makes a PAL procedure call.\r
\r
  This is a wrapper function to make a PAL procedure call.  Based on the Index value,\r
  this API will make static or stacked PAL call. Architected procedures may be designated\r
  as required or optional.  If a PAL procedure is specified as optional, a unique return\r
  code of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF is returned in the Status field of the PAL_CALL_RETURN structure.\r
  This indicates that the procedure is not present in this PAL implementation.  It is the\r
  caller's responsibility to check for this return code after calling any optional PAL\r
  procedure. No parameter checking is performed on the 4 input parameters, but there are\r
  some common rules that the caller should follow when making a PAL call.  Any address\r
  passed to PAL as buffers for return parameters must be 8-byte aligned.  Unaligned addresses\r
  may cause undefined results.  For those parameters defined as reserved or some fields\r
  defined as reserved must be zero filled or the invalid argument return value may be\r
  returned or undefined result may occur during the execution of the procedure.\r
  This function is only available on IPF.\r
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  @param Index  The PAL procedure Index number.\r
  @param Arg2   The 2nd parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
  @param Arg3   The 3rd parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
  @param Arg4   The 4th parameter for PAL procedure calls.\r
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  @return structure returned from the PAL Call procedure, including the status and return value.\r
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**/\r
PAL_CALL_RETURN\r
EFIAPI\r
PalCall (\r
  IN UINT64                  Index,\r
  IN UINT64                  Arg2,\r
  IN UINT64                  Arg3,\r
  IN UINT64                  Arg4\r
  );\r
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#endif\r
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