Leif: >-----Original Message----- >From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindh...@linaro.org] >Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2019 5:55 PM >To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Zhang, Shenglei <shenglei.zh...@intel.com> >Cc: Feng, Bob C <bob.c.f...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming ><liming....@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>; >Eugene Cohen <eug...@hp.com> >Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] BaseTools: Remove tool chain in >tools_def.template > >Hi Shenglei, > >On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 04:09:18PM +0800, Zhang, Shenglei wrote: >> Remove definition of RVCT, RVCTLINUX, RVCTCYGWIN and CLANG35 >> in tools_def.template. These tool chains are for ARM and AARCH64 only. >> There is no change recently and they are not used. >> https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750 > >This still does not address my comment in the BZ that deleting all >RVCT profiles before full VS support is enabled for (32-bit) ARM, we >orphan an awful lot of .asm files. >
How about submit another BZ for VS tool chain ARM fully support? When there is real request, this support can be added in future. >This may not have much of a practical effect, since I doubt anyone is >using these toolchains today - but it does prevent someone from >actively going through and testing future updates (where before, they >may just have neglected to do so). > >This point needs discussing rather than ignoring, and I think we're >getting too close to the freeze to consider the patch to go in as is >at this point. > Agree for more discussion. >Whenever this patch does go in should be in the week after a stable >tag is made, to give plenty of time for anyone affected to shout >before the next stable tag is made. > >After the 2019.08 stable tag has been made, I am happy for a patch >going in that deletes CLANG35, RVCTCYGWIN and *one*of* RVCT/RVCTLINUX. > If no one maintain or use it, this tool chain may not work now. If so, do we still need to keep it? Thanks Liming >The deletion of the final RVCT profile needs further discussion. > >Best Regards, > >Leif -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#45161): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/45161 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32796423/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
