Intel Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 176)

Extensible Firmware Interface Specification
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LoadImage()
Summary
Loads an EFI image into memory.
Prototype
EFI_STATUS
LoadImage (
IN BOOLEAN BootPolicy,
IN EFI_HANDLE ParentImageHandle,
IN EFI_DEVICE_PATH *FilePath,
IN VOID *SourceBuffer OPTIONAL,
IN UINTN SourceSize,
OUT EFI_HANDLE *ImageHandle
);
Parameters
BootPolicy If TRUE , indicates that the request originates from the boot
manager, and that the boot manager is attempting to load
FilePath as a boot selection. Ignored if SourceBuffer is
not NULL .
ParentImageHandle The caller’s image handle. Type EFI_HANDLE is defined in the
InstallProtocolInterface() function description.
This field is used to initialize the ParentHandle field of the
EFI_LOADED_IMAGE protocol for the image that is being
loaded.
FilePath The DeviceHandle specific file path from which the image is
loaded. Type EFI_DEVICE_PATH is defined in the
LocateDevicePath() function description.
SourceBuffer If not NULL , a pointer to the memory location containing a copy
of the image to be loaded.
SourceSize The size in bytes of SourceBuffer . Ignored if
SourceBuffer is NULL .
ImageHandle Pointer to the returned image handle that is created when the
image is successfully loaded. Type
EFI_HANDLE is defined in
the InstallProtocolInterface() function description.