STRUCT EFI_EMBEDDED_FW_DESC(9)

💅 struct efi_embedded_fw_desc(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this page is your no cap briefing on struct efi_embedded_fw_desc. it's highkey the struct the EFI embedded-fw code uses to search for embedded firmwares, and yes, that's the whole slay. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct efi_embedded_fw_desc — this struct is used by the EFI embedded-fw code to search for embedded firmwares. periodt. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the exact shape, bestie — copy it, don't freestyle it:

       struct efi_embedded_fw_desc {
           const char *name;
           u8 prefix[EFI_EMBEDDED_FW_PREFIX_LEN];
           u32 length;
           u8 sha256[32];
        };

🫶 Members 🫶

• name — Name to register the firmware with if found. that's the label it gets if the firmware is found. 🫶
• prefix — First 8 bytes of the firmware. yes, exactly 8 — not 7, not 9. 👑
• length — Length of the firmware in bytes including prefix. don't forget the prefix, bestie. 📏
• sha256 — SHA256 of the firmware. it's giving verification energy. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file — ./include/linux/efi_embedded_fw.h — go peek, iykyk. 🦋

xoxo 💋 — source/version ./include/linux, date October 2026, title struct efi_embedded_fw_desc(9). bye bestie 🫶