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+/** @file
+ Boot Device Selection Architectural Protocol as defined in PI spec Volume 2 DXE
+
+ When the DXE core is done it calls the BDS via this protocol.
+
+ Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+ This program and the accompanying materials
+ are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
+ which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
+ http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+
+ THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+
+**/
+
+#ifndef __ARCH_PROTOCOL_BDS_H__
+#define __ARCH_PROTOCOL_BDS_H__
+
+///
+/// Global ID for the BDS Architectural Protocol
+///
+#define EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL_GUID \
+ { 0x665E3FF6, 0x46CC, 0x11d4, {0x9A, 0x38, 0x00, 0x90, 0x27, 0x3F, 0xC1, 0x4D } }
+
+///
+/// Declare forward reference for the BDS Architectural Protocol
+///
+typedef struct _EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL;
+
+/**
+ This function uses policy data from the platform to determine what operating
+ system or system utility should be loaded and invoked. This function call
+ also optionally make the use of user input to determine the operating system
+ or system utility to be loaded and invoked. When the DXE Core has dispatched
+ all the drivers on the dispatch queue, this function is called. This
+ function will attempt to connect the boot devices required to load and invoke
+ the selected operating system or system utility. During this process,
+ additional firmware volumes may be discovered that may contain addition DXE
+ drivers that can be dispatched by the DXE Core. If a boot device cannot be
+ fully connected, this function calls the DXE Service Dispatch() to allow the
+ DXE drivers from any newly discovered firmware volumes to be dispatched.
+ Then the boot device connection can be attempted again. If the same boot
+ device connection operation fails twice in a row, then that boot device has
+ failed, and should be skipped. This function should never return.
+
+ @param This The EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL instance.
+
+ @return None.
+
+**/
+typedef
+VOID
+(EFIAPI *EFI_BDS_ENTRY)(
+ IN EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL *This
+ );
+
+///
+/// The EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL transfers control from DXE to an operating
+/// system or a system utility. If there are not enough drivers initialized
+/// when this protocol is used to access the required boot device(s), then
+/// this protocol should add drivers to the dispatch queue and return control
+/// back to the dispatcher. Once the required boot devices are available, then
+/// the boot device can be used to load and invoke an OS or a system utility.
+///
+struct _EFI_BDS_ARCH_PROTOCOL {
+ EFI_BDS_ENTRY Entry;
+};
+
+extern EFI_GUID gEfiBdsArchProtocolGuid;
+
+#endif