I have noticed the resulting binaries are about twice as large when using VS2017 toolchain compared to the ones built with VS2015. It appears this is caused by /WHOLEARCHIVE linker flag used by this toolchain. This flag was previously removed from VS2015 toolchain due to compatibility issues. I believe it should not be used with VS2017 as well.
Cc: Bob Feng <bob.c.f...@intel.com> Cc: Liming Gao <liming....@intel.com> Cc: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong....@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Roman Agafonov <roman.agafo...@aquantia.com> --- BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template b/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template index 26a2cf604f74..482a526f3052 100755 --- a/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template +++ b/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template @@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ NOOPT_VS2015x86_X64_DLINK_FLAGS = /NOLOGO /NODEFAULTLIB /IGNORE:4001 /OPT:REF *_VS2017_*_APP_FLAGS = /nologo /E /TC *_VS2017_*_PP_FLAGS = /nologo /E /TC /FIAutoGen.h *_VS2017_*_VFRPP_FLAGS = /nologo /E /TC /DVFRCOMPILE /FI$(MODULE_NAME)StrDefs.h -*_VS2017_*_DLINK2_FLAGS = /WHOLEARCHIVE +*_VS2017_*_DLINK2_FLAGS = *_VS2017_*_ASM16_PATH = DEF(VS2017_BIN_IA32)\ml.exe ################## -- 2.9.0.windows.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41874): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/41874 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/31928156/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-