MdePkg: Minor update to the Data parameter for PEI GetVariable()

[mirror_edk2.git] / MdePkg / Include / Ppi / ReadOnlyVariable2.h

diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Ppi/ReadOnlyVariable2.h b/MdePkg/Include/Ppi/ReadOnlyVariable2.h
index 6a2cd50136b3e9a919effca35fd0092c3ddce068..6d8ea603811fbdf810915f0505ee7eff0e8991ee 100644 (file)
--- a/MdePkg/Include/Ppi/ReadOnlyVariable2.h
+++ b/MdePkg/Include/Ppi/ReadOnlyVariable2.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   This file declares Read-only Variable Service2 PPI.\r
   This ppi permits read-only access to the UEFI variable store during the PEI phase.\r
 \r
-Copyright (c) 2006 - 2010, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>\r
+Copyright (c) 2006 - 2017, 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
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ typedef struct _EFI_PEI_READ_ONLY_VARIABLE2_PPI  EFI_PEI_READ_ONLY_VARIABLE2_PPI
   @param  DataSize              On entry, points to the size in bytes of the Data buffer.\r
                                 On return, points to the size of the data returned in Data.\r
   @param  Data                  Points to the buffer which will hold the returned variable value.\r
+                                May be NULL with a zero DataSize in order to determine the size of the buffer needed.\r
 \r
   @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The variable was read successfully.\r
-  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The variable could not be found.\r
+  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The variable was not found.\r
   @retval EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL  The DataSize is too small for the resulting data. \r
                                 DataSize is updated with the size required for \r
                                 the specified variable.\r
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ EFI_STATUS
   IN CONST  EFI_GUID                        *VariableGuid,\r
   OUT       UINT32                          *Attributes,\r
   IN OUT    UINTN                           *DataSize,\r
-  OUT       VOID                            *Data\r
+  OUT       VOID                            *Data OPTIONAL\r
   );\r
 \r
 \r