[ipxe-devel] Add efi target definitions to wiki (was: Re: Regression with commit fc87adb46c1395b09302085e9d15fcd8ab3c31fe - [efi] Expose downloaded images via EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL on IMAGE_EFI)

[Robin Smidsrød]

On 12.04.2013 00:46, Michael Brown wrote:
>> Do you know where I can read more about the differences between those
>> images? Do they have the same functionality?
> 
> *.efi is "iPXE as an EFI application".  It generates something which you can 
> run by typing its name in the EFI shell.
> 
> *.efidrv is "iPXE as an EFI driver".  It generates something which you can load 
> using the "load" command from within the EFI shell.
> 
> *.efirom is "iPXE as an EFI driver, wrapped up in a ROM image".  It generates 
> something which you can include within a PCI expansion ROM BAR, and which will 
> then be loaded automatically when the system is started in UEFI mode.

Could you add that information (if it's not already there) to the
appropriate page on the wiki that talks about building the various EFI
targets?

>From what I can tell, the only page that mentions .efirom is
http://ipxe.org/download, and it doesn't seem to have this additional
information.

-- Robin