efi_get_conf_table(9)

🦋 bestie, meet efi_get_conf_table(9) 🦋

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for efi_get_conf_table(9), and it is short, sweet, and lowkey iconic. let’s get into it 💅

💖 NAME 💖

efi_get_conf_table — hand it a pointer to boot_params, and it locates + returns the physical address of the EFI configuration table. that’s the whole assignment, bestie 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int efi_get_conf_table (struct boot_params *bp , unsigned long
       *cfg_tbl_pa , unsigned int *cfg_tbl_len );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• bp — pointer to boot_params 🫶
• cfg_tbl_pa — location to store physical address of config table 🔥
• cfg_tbl_len — location to store number of config table entries ✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

It returns 0 on success. On error, return params are left unchanged. so no sneaky little edits happen to them, fr fr 💀

🐚 SEE ALSO 🐚

Kernel file ./arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi.c, plus efi_get_type(9), efi_get_system_table(9), and efi_find_vendor_table(9) — iykyk 💜

that’s the page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./arch/x86/boot/compressed; date: October 2026; page: efi_get_conf_table(9). slay and bye 💖✨