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Some UEFI network drivers provide a software UNDI interface which is exposed via the Network Interface Identifier Protocol (NII), rather than providing a Simple Network Protocol (SNP). The UEFI platform firmware will usually include the SnpDxe driver, which attaches to NII and provides an SNP interface. The SNP interface is usually provided on the same handle as the underlying NII device. This causes problems for our EFI driver model: when efi_driver_connect() detaches existing drivers from the handle it will cause the SNP interface to be uninstalled, and so our SNP driver will not be able to attach to the handle. The platform firmware will eventually reattach the SnpDxe driver and may attach us to the SNP handle, but we have no way to prevent other drivers from attaching first. Fix by providing a driver which can attach directly to the NII protocol, using the software UNDI interface to drive the network device. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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