Renamed WHEA Data Types
Starting with the Windows 7 Windows Driver Kit (WDK), various WHEA data types have been renamed from earlier versions of the WDK. The majority of these changes were made so that the naming conventions in the WDK are consistent with the naming conventions of the Common Platform Error Record format. This format is described in Appendix N of version 2.2 of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Specification.
The data types listed in this section have not been revised for Windows 7. For example, the list and types of members within a renamed structure have not changed, although the members themselves may have been renamed.
If you are developing new platform-specific hardware error driver (PSHED) plug-ins, use the new WHEA data type names as defined in the Windows 7 and later versions of the WDK.
If you are building an existing PSHED plug-in with the Windows 7 and later versions of the WDK, you can still use the previous WHEA data type names. To do this, add the following to the sources file that is used to build the plug-in:
C_DEFINES = $(C_DEFINES) /DWHEA_DOWNLEVEL_TYPE_NAMES
However, for existing PSHED plug-ins, we strongly recommend that you rename the WHEA data types by using the names that are defined in the Windows 7 and later versions of the WDK.
The following tables list the WHEA data types' former and new names.
Renamed WHEA Globally-Unique Identifiers (GUIDs)
| Former name (WDK versions prior to Windows 7) | New name (Windows 7 WDK and later) |
|---|---|
IPF_PROCESSOR_SPECIFIC_SECTION_GUID |
IPF_PROCESSOR_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
IPF_SAL_RECORD_REFERENCE_SECTION_GUID |
FIRMWARE_ERROR_RECORD_REFERENCE_GUID |
PCIEXPRESS_SECTION_GUID |
PCIEXPRESS_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
PCIX_BUS_SECTION_GUID |
PCIXBUS_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
PCIX_COMPONENT_SECTION_GUID |
PCIXBUS_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
PLATFORM_MEMORY_SECTION_GUID |
MEMORY_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
PROCESSOR_GENERIC_SECTION_GUID |
PROCESSOR_GENERIC_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
X86_PROCESSOR_SPECIFIC_SECTION_GUID |
XPF_PROCESSOR_ERROR_SECTION_GUID |
Renamed WHEA Defines
| Former name (WDK versions prior to Windows 7) | New name (Windows 7 WDK and later) |
|---|---|
WHEA_SECTION_DESCRIPTOR_REVISION |
WHEA_ERROR_RECORD_SECTION_DESCRIPTOR_REVISION |
Renamed WHEA Structures and Unions
| Former name (WDK versions prior to Windows 7) | New name (Windows 7 WDK and later) |
|---|---|
WHEA_FIRMWARE_RECORD |
|
WHEA_GENERIC_PROCESSOR_ERROR |
|
WHEA_GENERIC_PROCESSOR_ERROR_VALIDBITS |
|
WHEA_MEMORY_ERROR |
|
WHEA_MEMORY_ERROR_VALIDBITS |
|
WHEA_NMI_ERROR |
|
WHEA_PCIEXPRESS_ERROR |
|
WHEA_PCIEXPRESS_ERROR_VALIDBITS |
|
WHEA_PCIXBUS_ERROR |
|
WHEA_PCIXBUS_ERROR_VALIDBITS |
|
WHEA_PCIXDEVICE_ERROR |
|
WHEA_PCIXDEVICE_ERROR_VALIDBITS |
|
WHEA_XPF_PROCESSOR_ERROR |
|
WHEA_XPF_PROCESSOR_ERROR_VALIDBITS |