/** @file\r
- This file declares SMM Control abstraction protocol.\r
- This protocol is used initiate SMI/PMI activations. This protocol could be published by either of\r
- the following:\r
+ This file declares the SMM Control abstraction protocol.\r
+ This protocol is used to initiate SMI/PMI activations. This protocol could be published by either:\r
- A processor driver to abstract the SMI/PMI IPI\r
- The driver that abstracts the ASIC that is supporting the APM port, such as the ICH in an\r
Intel chipset\r
Because of the possibility of performing SMI or PMI IPI transactions, the ability to generate this\r
- event from a platform chipset agent is an optional capability for both IA-32 and Itanium based\r
+ event from a platform chipset agent is an optional capability for both IA-32 and Itanium-based\r
systems.\r
\r
- Copyright (c) 2007,2009 Intel Corporation\r
- All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials\r
- are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License\r
- which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at\r
- http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php\r
-\r
- 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
-\r
- Module Name: SmmControl.h\r
+Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>\r
+This program and the accompanying materials are licensed and made available under \r
+the terms and conditions of the BSD License that accompanies this distribution. \r
+The full text of the license may be found at\r
+http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php. \r
+ \r
+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
\r
@par Revision Reference:\r
This Protocol is defined in Framework of EFI SMM Core Interface Spec\r
Invokes SMI activation from either the preboot or runtime environment.\r
\r
@param This The EFI_SMM_CONTROL_PROTOCOL instance.\r
- @param ArgumentBuffer Optional sized data to pass into the protocol activation.\r
- @param ArgumentBufferSize Optional size of the data.\r
- @param Periodic Optional mechanism to engender a periodic stream.\r
- @param ActivationInterval Optional parameter to repeat at this period one\r
+ @param ArgumentBuffer The optional sized data to pass into the protocol activation.\r
+ @param ArgumentBufferSize The optional size of the data.\r
+ @param Periodic An optional mechanism to periodically repeat activation.\r
+ @param ActivationInterval An optional parameter to repeat at this period one\r
time or, if the Periodic Boolean is set, periodically.\r
\r
@retval EFI_SUCCESS The SMI/PMI has been engendered.\r
Provides information on the source register used to generate the SMI.\r
\r
@param This The EFI_SMM_CONTROL_PROTOCOL instance.\r
- @param SmiRegister Pointer to the SMI register description structure\r
+ @param SmiRegister A pointer to the SMI register description structure.\r
\r
@retval EFI_SUCCESS The register structure has been returned.\r
@retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The source could not be cleared.\r
\r
/**\r
@par Protocol Description:\r
- This protocol is used initiate SMI/PMI activations.\r
+ This protocol is used to initiate SMI/PMI activations.\r
\r
@param Trigger\r
Initiates the SMI/PMI activation.\r
// SMM Control Protocol\r
//\r
/**\r
- This protocol is used initiate SMI/PMI activations. \r
- This protocol could be published by either of the following:\r
- - A processor driver to abstract the SMI/PMI IPI\r
- - The driver that abstracts the ASIC that is supporting the APM port, such as the ICH in an Intel chipset\r
- Because of the possibility of performing SMI or PMI IPI transactions, the ability to generate this\r
+ This protocol is used to initiate SMI/PMI activations. \r
+ This protocol could be published by either:\r
+ - A processor driver to abstract the SMI/PMI IPI.\r
+ - The driver that abstracts the ASIC that is supporting the APM port, such as the ICH in an Intel chipset.\r
+ Because of the possibility of performing SMI or PMI IPI transactions, the ability to generate this.\r
\r
The EFI_SMM_CONTROL_PROTOCOL is used by the platform chipset or processor driver. This\r
- protocol is useable both in boot services and runtime. The runtime aspect is so that an\r
- implementation of EFI_SMM_BASE_PROTOCOL.Communicate() can layer upon this service\r
+ protocol is usable both in boot services and at runtime. The runtime aspect enables an\r
+ implementation of EFI_SMM_BASE_PROTOCOL.Communicate() to layer upon this service\r
and provide an SMI callback from a general EFI runtime driver.\r
- The purpose of this protocol is to provide an abstraction to the platform hardware that generates an\r
- SMI or PMI. There are often I/O ports that, when accessed, will engender the\r
+ This protocol provides an abstraction to the platform hardware that generates an\r
+ SMI or PMI. There are often I/O ports that, when accessed, will engender the SMI or PMI.\r
+ Also, this hardware optionally supports the periodic genearation of these signals.\r
+\r
**/\r
struct _EFI_SMM_CONTROL_PROTOCOL {\r
///\r
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