efi_get_type(9)

okay so bestie, this is efi_get_type, brought to you by the Kernel API Manual ✨ it’s giving “tiny EFI detective” energy and honestly? iconic 💅

✨ NAME ✨

efi_get_type — give it a pointer to boot_params, and it figures out the type of EFI environment you’re in 🫶 no cap, that’s the whole mission.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

enum efi_type efi_get_type (struct boot_params *bp );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• bp — pointer to boot_params. that’s the one and only argument, bestie 🌸

🌈 RETURN 🌈

you get EFI_TYPE_{32,64} for valid EFI environments, and EFI_TYPE_NONE otherwise. periodt 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi.c
• efi_get_system_table(9)
• efi_get_conf_table(9)
• efi_find_vendor_table(9)

mwah 💋 source/version vibes: ./arch/x86/boot/compressed; date: October 2026; and the page is efi_get_type(9) — slay 🎀✨