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diff --git a/Lesson_13/README.md b/Lesson_13/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0d42005..0000000 --- a/Lesson_13/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ -In previous lesson we've used `EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL` to get command line parameters to our app. -It is a valid method but there is a simpler way to do it for the shell apps. - -To ease things we can use the entry point in this format: -https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/ShellPkg/Include/Library/ShellCEntryLib.h -``` -INTN -EFIAPI -ShellAppMain ( - IN UINTN Argc, - IN CHAR16 **Argv - ); -``` -This way `Argc`/`Argv` are passed directly to the app entry point like it is usually happening in C programming. - -Let's create a `SimpleShellApp` based on our `HelloWorld` app. - -With the necessary modifications the INF file would look like this: -``` -[Defines] - INF_VERSION = 1.25 - BASE_NAME = SimpleShellApp - FILE_GUID = 2afd1202-545e-4f8d-b8fb-bc179e84ddc8 - MODULE_TYPE = UEFI_APPLICATION - VERSION_STRING = 1.0 - ENTRY_POINT = ShellCEntryLib - -[Sources] - SimpleShellApp.c - -[Packages] - MdePkg/MdePkg.dec - -[LibraryClasses] - UefiApplicationEntryPoint - UefiLib - ShellCEntryLib -``` -Main changes: -- `ENTRY_POINT = ShellCEntryLib` is added to the `[Defines]` section -- `ShellCEntryLib` is added to the `[LibraryClasses]` section - -In the end it works this way. Shell C library is the main UEFI app with the standard entry point: -``` -EFI_STATUS -EFIAPI -UefiMain ( - IN EFI_HANDLE ImageHandle, - IN EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE *SystemTable - ) -``` -It parses incoming parameters with the `EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL` like we did it and then calls our app entry point passing all of the parsed parameteres with the call: -``` -INTN -EFIAPI -ShellAppMain ( - IN UINTN Argc, - IN CHAR16 **Argv - ); -``` -You can look at the source code of `ShellAppMain` at the https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellCEntryLib/UefiShellCEntryLib.c - -If you look at the source you could see that istead of a `HandleProtocol` API that we've used: -``` -Status = gBS->HandleProtocol( - ImageHandle, - &gEfiShellParametersProtocolGuid, - (VOID **) &ShellParameters -); -``` -it uses `OpenProtocol` API: (I've modified a code a little bit to make it comparable to our version) -``` -Status = gBS->OpenProtocol( - ImageHandle, - &gEfiShellParametersProtocolGuid, - (VOID **)&ShellParameters, - ImageHandle, - NULL, - EFI_OPEN_PROTOCOL_GET_PROTOCOL -); -``` -According to the UEFI spec `HandleProtocol` API is outdated and `OpenProtocol` should be used instead. -`OpenProtocol` API is a more general call that can cover more cases. It all would matter when you start develop UEFI drivers. You can read UEFI spec for more information. Right now just accept a fact that for the UEFI app these two calls are the same. - -Let's go back to our code. To find the necessary `ShellCEntryLib` library class search as usual: -``` -$ grep ShellCEntryLib -r ./ --include=*.inf | grep LIBRARY_CLASS -./ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellCEntryLib/UefiShellCEntryLib.inf: LIBRARY_CLASS = ShellCEntryLib|UEFI_APPLICATION UEFI_DRIVER -``` - -Add this library class to our `UefiLessonsPkg/UefiLessonsPkg.dsc`: -``` -ShellCEntryLib|ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellCEntryLib/UefiShellCEntryLib.inf -``` -Don't forget also to add our new app under the `[Components]` section: -``` -UefiLessonsPkg/SimpleShellApp/SimpleShellApp.inf -``` - - -Now let's look at the `*.c` file. - -We can't use our first print method as `SystemTable` now is unavailable, but we can simply use `SystemTable` with the help of `gST` pointer: -``` -#include <Library/UefiBootServicesTableLib.h> -#include <Library/UefiLib.h> - -INTN EFIAPI ShellAppMain(IN UINTN Argc, IN CHAR16 **Argv) -{ - Print(L"Argc=%d\n", Argc); -// SystemTable->ConOut->OutputString(SystemTable->ConOut, L"Hello World!\n"); - gST->ConOut->OutputString(gST->ConOut, L"Hello again!\n"); - Print(L"Bye!\n"); - return 0; -} -``` - -Let's add some parameters handling code: -``` -for (UINTN i=Argc; i>0; i--) { - Print(L"Arg[%d]=%s\n", Argc-i, Argv[Argc-i]); -} -``` - -If we test our app under OVMF we would get: -``` -FS0:\> SimpleShellApp.efi kkk ggg -Hello again! -Bye! -Arg[0]=FS0:\SimpleShellApp.efi -Arg[1]=kkk -Arg[2]=ggg -FS0:\> SimpleShellApp.efi -Hello again! -Bye! -Arg[0]=FS0:\SimpleShellApp.efi -``` |