Sorry, I forgot to mention that the new SPI protocols still mention "SMM" 
rather than "MM". Is this intended?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> Marvin H?user
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:22 AM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: [edk2] PI 1.6: Issues within the SPI sections.
> 
> Dear UEFI contributors,
> 
> I am not an UEFI contributor and hence cannot submit changes. Could
> somebody please take note of the following?
> 
> 
>   1.  I do not see EFI_SPI_TRANSACTION_TYPE defined anywhere. There is a
> list of names for possible values with descriptions (PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 
> 368),
> though not assigned to numerical values. The size of the type is unknown, as
> far as I can see.
>   2.  Some parameter names in the protocol descriptions are flawed (e.g. PI
> 1.6, Vol. 5, page 368: "Read Bytes", "Read Buffer").
>   3.  Some protorype return types are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 367: 
> "EFI
> STATUS" (space instead of underscore); page 364: "FI STATUS" (same as
> before, also "E" missing)).
>   4.  Some prototype parameter types are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 
> 364:
> "EFI- LEGACY- SPI- FLASH- PROTOCOL").
>   5.  Some status code descriptions are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 364:
> "BLocksToProtect" (capital "L")).
>   6.  Some formatations are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 358: multiple
> parameters in one line).
>   7.  Some function decorators are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 357: "In"
> (lower-case "n")).
>   8.  Some function parameter names are flawed (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 356:
> "LengthinBytes" (lower-case "i")).
>   9.  Some descriptions contain spaces in inappropiate places (e.g. PI 1.5, 
> Vol.
> 5, page 349: "EFI_SPI_P ART").
>   10. Occasionally incorrect punctuation (e.g. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 346: 
> "[...] SPI
> busses, The SPI bus layer [...]" (comma instead of period)).
>   11. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 349: The description of "SpiPeripheralDriverGuid"
> speaks of a "Driversupported" routine. Is
> EFI_DRIVER_BINDING_PROTOCOL.Supported() meant by this?
>   12. PI 1.6, Vol. 5, page 350: The description of "ChipSelectParameter"
> contains spaces, though they are barely noticable when having the PDF
> opened with the latest version of Acrobat DC. Can this be fixed?
>   13. UEFI PI 1.6, Vol. 5, 18.2 contains a reference to "EDK2". Is this 
> intended?
> 
> Please note that this list is not complete. Maybe the entire section 18 should
> be reviewed again?
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> Marvin.
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