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| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/gpxe/image.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/image.h b/src/include/gpxe/image.h index 6bb6b0124..22f8939f1 100644 --- a/src/include/gpxe/image.h +++ b/src/include/gpxe/image.h @@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ struct image_type { * discarded after this call; the method must preserve any * information it may require later (e.g. the execution * address) within the @c image structure. + * + * The method should return -ENOEXEC if and only if the image + * is not in the correct format. Other errors will be + * interpreted as "I claim this image format, but there's + * something wrong with it that makes it unloadable". In + * particular, returning -ENOEXEC will cause the image probing + * code to try the next available image type, while returning + * any other error will terminate image probing. */ int ( * load ) ( struct image *image ); }; |