Table 4-4. Component Codes

Range

Description

0xe0-0xff

These are not components, but rather represent Architectural Progress

 

Codes or Error Codes detailing milestones in the system boot progress.

 

The corresponding Progress Code value is always set to zero.

 

POSTCODE_PC_SEC_ENTRY (0xe0) - Reset vector.

 

POSTCODE_PC_SEC_EXIT (0xe1) - Leaving SEC/Going to PEI.

 

POSTCODE_PC_PEI_ENTRY (0xe2) - Entering PEI Dispatch.

 

POSTCODE_PC_PEI_EXIT (0xe3) - Exiting PEI Dispatch.

 

POSTCODE_PC_IPL_DXE (0xe4) - Entering DXE IPL's normal boot

 

path.

 

POSTCODE_PC_IPL_S3 (0xe5) - Entering DXE IPL's S3 boot path.

 

POSTCODE_PC_S3_OS (0xe6) - Exiting S3 boot path back to the OS.

 

POSTCODE_PC_IPL_RECOVERY (0xe7) - Entering DXE IPL's

 

recovery boot path.

 

POSTCODE_PC_IPL_EXIT (0xe8)

 

POSTCODE_PC_DXE_ENTRY (0xe9) - Entering DXE Dispatch.

 

POSTCODE_PC_DXE_EXIT (0xea) - Exiting DXE Dispatch.

 

POSTCODE_EC_PEI_MEMORY (0xeb) - No permanent memory found

 

at the end of PEI.

 

POSTCODE_EC_PEI_IPL (0xec) - No DXE IPL found at the end of PEI.

 

POSTCODE_EC_IPL_DXE (0xed) - No DXE found at end of DXE IPL.

 

POSTCODE_EC_IPL_PPI (0xee) - Couldn't find PPIs needed by DXE.

 

POSTCODE_EC_DXE_ARCH (0xef) - Missing one or more

 

architectural protocols at the end of DXE.

 

 

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