Jaben --

I can certainly recall instances where drivers that publish HII setup pages 
load things from the disk (such as when checking for specific file names).

I also seem to recall that the original EDK shell library was designed to that 
volume names were simply ignored if the shell protocol was not present. This is 
essentially what the Shell APIs do, right? They just convert mapping names into 
device path snippets. 

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: edk2-devel [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carsey, 
Jaben
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Carsey, Jaben <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Michael 
Zimmermann <[email protected]>; Daryl McDaniel 
([email protected]) <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?

The thing that I am trying to figure out is what LibC APIs is really needed by 
the driver?

UEFI Drivers are not supposed to do things like FILE I/O, so who cares if they 
would fail if they were called…

Sidenote: I think that daShell.c is only used when you ask LibC for things that 
come from the shell…

This snippet makes standard APIs point to shell specific ones…
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:814:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_close    = 
&da_ShellClose;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:815:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_read     = 
&da_ShellRead;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:816:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_write    = 
&da_ShellWrite;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:818:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_poll     = 
&da_ShellPoll;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:820:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_stat     = 
&da_ShellStat;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:821:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_ioctl    = 
&da_ShellIoctl;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:822:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_delete   = 
&da_ShellDelete;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:823:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_rmdir    = 
&da_ShellRmdir;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:824:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_mkdir    = 
&da_ShellMkdir;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:825:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_rename   = 
&da_ShellRename;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:826:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_lseek    = 
&da_ShellSeek;


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:48 PM
To: Carsey, Jaben <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Zimmermann <[email protected]>; Marvin Häuser 
<[email protected]>; [email protected]; 
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?
Importance: High


On Jul 6, 2016, at 1:39 PM, Carsey, Jaben 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

It works for libs.  If you specify a specific LibraryClass implementation, it 
will not add a second of that library class.

Side note: what if you turn off AutoInitialize PCD for the shell lib?  That 
would get rid of your main issue (the constructor ASSERT)…  then we can see 
what other issues you have.


This seems like the set of library APIs that would be needed (and one usage of  
gEfiShellProtocol->SetCurDir()).

~/work/src/edk2/StdLib(master)>git grep Shell -- *.c 
LibC/Main/Main.c:20:#include  <Library/ShellCEntryLib.h> 
LibC/Main/Main.c:130:ShellAppMain ( LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:23:#include  
<Library/ShellLib.h>
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:155:  OpStat = ShellExecute( &MyHandle, gMD->UString, 
FALSE, NULL, &CmdStat);
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:167:    are determined by the underlying UEFI Shell 
implementation.
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:181:  EfiEnv = ShellGetEnvironmentVariable(gMD->UString);
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:248:    HostName = ShellGetEnvironmentVariable ( UName );
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:254:      Status = ShellSetEnvironmentVariable ( UName, 
UValue, TRUE );
LibC/StdLib/Environs.c:265:        Status = ShellSetEnvironmentVariable ( 
UName, UValue, FALSE );
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:2:  Abstract device driver for the UEFI 
Shell-hosted environment.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:4:  In a Shell-hosted environment, this 
is the driver that is called LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:21:#include  
<Library/ShellLib.h>
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:40:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
close().
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:50:da_ShellClose(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:54:  EFIerrno = ShellCloseFile( 
(SHELL_FILE_HANDLE *)&Fp->devdata);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:61:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
deleting a file or directory.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:71:da_ShellDelete(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:77:  Status = ShellDeleteFile( 
(SHELL_FILE_HANDLE *)&filp->devdata);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:86:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
setting the position within a file.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:97:da_ShellSeek(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:113:      Status = ShellSetFilePosition( 
FileHandle, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:117:      Status = ShellGetFilePosition( 
FileHandle, (UINT64 *)&CurPos);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:128:    Status = ShellSetFilePosition( 
FileHandle, (UINT64)(CurPos + offset));
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:131:      Status = ShellGetFilePosition( 
FileHandle, (UINT64 *)&CurPos);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:161:da_ShellMkdir(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:177:    Status = ShellCreateDirectory( 
NewPath, &FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:179:      FileInfo = ShellGetFileInfo( 
FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:180:      Status = RETURN_ABORTED;  // In 
case ShellGetFileInfo() failed
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:184:        Status = ShellSetFileInfo( 
FileHandle, FileInfo);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:187:          
(void)ShellCloseFile(&FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:199:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
reading from a file.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:212:da_ShellRead(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:224:    BufSize = 
(ssize_t)da_ShellSeek(filp, *offset, SEEK_SET);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:233:  Status = ShellReadFile( FileHandle, 
(UINTN *)&BufSize, Buffer);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:250:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
writing to a file.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:263:da_ShellWrite(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:286:    BufSize = 
(ssize_t)da_ShellSeek(filp, Position, How);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:295:  Status = ShellWriteFile( 
FileHandle, (UINTN *)&BufSize, (void *)Buffer);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:312:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
getting information about an open file.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:324:da_ShellStat(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:338:  FileInfo = ShellGetFileInfo( 
FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:374:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
low-level control of a file or device.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:386:da_ShellIoctl(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:399:  FileInfo = ShellGetFileInfo( 
FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:427:      Status = 
ShellSetFileInfo(FileHandle, FileInfo);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:446:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
opening a file or directory.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:459:da_ShellOpen(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:462:  int                 DevInstance,    
/* Not used by Shell */
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:511:  !!!!!!!!! Change this to use 
ShellSetFileInfo() to actually truncate the file
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:516:      Status = ShellIsFile( WPath );
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:544:  // Call the EFI Shell's Open 
function
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:545:    Status = ShellOpenFileByName( 
WPath, &FileHandle, OpenMode, Attributes);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:592:da_ShellPoll(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:622:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
renaming a file.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:633:da_ShellRename(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:653:      OldFileInfo = ShellGetFileInfo( 
FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:668:        Status = 
ShellSetFileInfo(FileHandle, NewFileInfo);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:695:/** EFI Shell specific operations for 
deleting directories.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:705:da_ShellRmdir(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:721:  FileInfo = 
ShellGetFileInfo(FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:727:      FreePool(FileInfo);  // Free up 
the buffer from ShellGetFileInfo()
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:729:      Status = ShellFindFirstFile( 
FileHandle, &FileInfo);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:733:          Status = ShellFindNextFile( 
FileHandle, FileInfo, &NoFile);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:744:        /*  Count == 99 and FileInfo 
is allocated if ShellFindNextFile failed.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:745:            ShellFindNextFile has 
freed FileInfo itself if it sets NoFile TRUE.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:748:          free(FileInfo);   // Free 
buffer from ShellFindFirstFile()
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:752:          Status = ShellDeleteFile( 
&FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:775:  ShellCloseFile( &FileHandle);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:783:/** Construct an instance of the 
abstract Shell device.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:797:__ctor_DevShell(
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:814:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_close    = 
&da_ShellClose;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:815:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_read     = 
&da_ShellRead;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:816:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_write    = 
&da_ShellWrite;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:818:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_poll     = 
&da_ShellPoll;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:820:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_stat     = 
&da_ShellStat;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:821:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_ioctl    = 
&da_ShellIoctl;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:822:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_delete   = 
&da_ShellDelete;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:823:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_rmdir    = 
&da_ShellRmdir;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:824:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_mkdir    = 
&da_ShellMkdir;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:825:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_rename   = 
&da_ShellRename;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:826:  Stream->Abstraction.fo_lseek    = 
&da_ShellSeek;
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:828:  Node = __DevRegister(NULL, NULL, 
&da_ShellOpen, Stream, 1, sizeof(GenericInstance), O_RDWR);
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:835:/** Destructor for previously 
constructed EFI Shell device instances.
LibC/Uefi/Devices/UefiShell/daShell.c:844:__dtor_DevShell(
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:20:#include  <Library/ShellLib.h>
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:605:    The EFI ShellOpenFileByName() function is used to 
perform the low-level
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:618:    The only valid flag combinations for 
ShellOpenFileByName() are:
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:990:    The fstat() function is implemented using the 
ShellGetFileInfo()
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1314:  Cwd = ShellGetCurrentDir(NULL);
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1338:                  - EPERM: Operation not supported 
with this Shell version.
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1351:  /* Old Shell does not support Set Current Dir. */
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1352:  if(gEfiShellProtocol != NULL) {
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1353:    Cwd = ShellGetCurrentDir(NULL);
LibC/Uefi/SysCalls.c:1362:      Status = gEfiShellProtocol->SetCurDir(NULL, 
UnicodePath);
PosixLib/GetPass/GetPass.c:14:#include <Library/ShellLib.h>
PosixLib/GetPass/GetPass.c:30:  ReturnString = ShellFileHandleReturnLine 
(gEfiShellParametersProtocol->StdIn, &Ascii);

Thanks,

Andrew Fish



From: Michael Zimmermann [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:32 PM
To: Carsey, Jaben <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: Andrew Fish <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Marvin Häuser 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?
Importance: High

> You can have different libs and different flags per driver.  You use the {} 
> syntax on the INF file in the components section.  This is already done in 
> the Shell.DSC to control PCDs separating the ShellLib when used for the shell 
> compared to ShellLib used for shell applications.

Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I totally misunderstood how the {} 
syntax works.
Does this only work for Applications/Drivers or for Libraries too so you don't 
have to do this for every driver?

I prefer fixing the behavior at build time over implementing a fallback because 
it would be weird if the application behaves totally different depending on if 
you start it via the BDS or from the Shell.

Thanks
Michael

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Carsey, Jaben 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Andrew,

Note: The ShellLib is not part of the shell spec.  The ShellProtocol and 
ShellParametersProtocol are.  The current ShellLib is designed to facilitate 
porting and writing of apps for the shell.  The porting will become obsolete 
over time as we encounter fewer and fewer EDKShell apps.

That does’t mean that your conclusion is wrong.  We could make a different 
ShellLib that is not actually dependent on the shell.


Michael,

You can have different libs and different flags per driver.  You use the {} 
syntax on the INF file in the components section.  This is already done in the 
Shell.DSC to control PCDs separating the ShellLib when used for the shell 
compared to ShellLib used for shell applications.


-Jaben



From: Michael Zimmermann 
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 1:13 PM
To: Andrew Fish <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: Marvin Häuser 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Carsey, Jaben 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?
Importance: High

Andrew,

the problem with multiple library instances is that this does only work 
globally and it gets in your way if you need different versions of a dependent 
library.

In our case, Applications/Drivers only depend on LibC, an LibC then depends on 
ShellLib which means we'd have to create another LibC instance which depends on 
another version of ShellLib.

In other words: you can't use the same Library with different build options in 
different drivers built by the same DSC. You'd have to create a renamed .inf 
with different build options which you can't do because your driver doesn't 
depend directly on that lib.

Thanks
Michael

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Fish 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

On Jul 6, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Michael Zimmermann 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Andrew,

sry for not reasing the Shell Spec but I think you can answer this faster.
Does the Spec prevent implementing such a 'pure-EFI' fallback by default so we 
can use the same ShellLib globally?


Michael,

If I remember correctly the Shell Spec specifies how the shell functions and 
what protocols it produces that other code can depend on.

and follow-up question: Libraries are not compiled multiple times right? so If 
I would specify additional CFLAGs these would only be used to build your 
package and not for the libraríes you are using right?


The edk2 has the concept of library instances. The DSC file for the platform 
picks the instance of the library for the Module Type. Basically ShellLib.h 
would be the public API and ShellLib is the library class. The library class is 
the public API and it is names in the [Defines] section of the libraries INF 
file via LIBRARY_CLASS =.  The build system is smart enough to only build the 
libraries that are actually being used.

For example this would be the line in the DSC:
ShellLib|ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.inf

And you could change it to:
ShellLib | AltPathToUefiShellLib/AltUefiShellLib.inf

The upside to all this is the same reason we introduced the concept of library 
classes in the 1st place, you can change the behavior of the StdLib without 
modifying any of the code in the standard lib. This would be a good way to 
experiment and if you get it working I guess it could get added to the StdLib 
at some point as an alternate way to build it.

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

If that's correct then we should stay away from changing ShellLib's behavior 
using cflags in your DSC because it would prevent building both shell and efi 
users of ShellLib with one DSC file.

Thanks,
Michael

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Andrew Fish 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

> On Jul 4, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Marvin Häuser 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Daryl, Jaben,
>
> As you are the package maintainers of StdLib, could you please comment on the 
> situation?
> If modifications to have StdLib working for drivers are welcome, I would 
> offer my help in cleaning up the existing stuff and/or write my own patches, 
> though of course there is little point if there is no reaction from the 
> reviewers.
> If it is of any interest, I want to write a shim library for Capstone and 
> would prefer not to have three copies of Std functions in my tree (StdLib, 
> CryptoPkg (SSL) and Capstone), but rather an improved StdLib that works for 
> all.
>
> Thanks to those who have offered alternative solutions, but I prefer 
> to keep it ‚clean‘ and have the libraries shipping with EDK2 work. :)
>

Marvin,

It looks like the StdLib has a dependency on the ShellLib and ShellCEntryLib. 
One option would be to implement a new instance of the ShellLib and the 
ShellCEntryLib that don't depend on the Shell. You can get a template of how to 
do file operations from 
here:https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/EmbeddedPkg/Library/EfiFileLib/EfiFileLib.c

You would have a couple of options. You good go with the EfiFileLib volume 
synatax, you could just do pure EFI (unclear how to specify a volume (driver 
letter)). You could also just add code to fallback if you can't find the shell 
protocols to due more pure EFI stuff. That way you don't need to modify the 
StdLib just how you build the StdLib from the DSC.

For example you could implement the functions in the ShellLib that the StdLib 
requires and use something like the EfiFileLib to make it easier. I think 
ShellCEntryLib would just be a copy 
ofhttps://github.com/tianocore/edk2/tree/master/MdePkg/Library/UefiApplicationEntryPoint

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

> Regards,
> Marvin.
>
> From: Michael Zimmermann 
> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 5:32 AM
> To: Marvin Häuser 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?
>
> well for the patch to go upstream it would have to get improved a lot.
> I've tried to implement this in a way that doesn't need a different dsc but 
> the problem is that ShellLib's constructor ASSERT's if it can't find the 
> shell protocol and removing that would probably be against the spec's.
>
> Also it appears that the StdLib maintainers are kinda busy because most of 
> the StdLib patches I've sent to this mailing list didn't get reviewed.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Marvin Häuser 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>
>  wrote:
> Hey Michael,
>
> Thank you for your input! This looks interesting.
> Maybe it would be a good idea to provide the libraries that depend on 
> Shell (in master) with functions that call ASSERT (FALSE); for 
> drivers? I do not need file I/O, so I think your modifications might 
> work out well for me. Would be very nice of course if such changes 
> found their way upstream. :)
>
> And thank you very much for your comment as well, Andrew! It makes sense that 
> StdLib is primarily targeted at porting console applications to UEFI Shell.
>
> Regards,
> Marvin.
>
> From: Michael Zimmermann 
> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mail
> to:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:28 PM
> To: Marvin H?user 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>
> Cc: 
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:edk2-de
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] StdLib usage for drivers?
>
> In my fork of edk2 I've added support for using StdLib without the Shell.
> It's quite hacky(setenv/getenv are stubs, no File IO and maybe other things 
> hidden by linker GC and me not using all features).
>
> But depending on which StdLib features you need this can work pretty good.
>
> here's the commit that does the magic:
> https://github.com/efidroid/edk2/commit/bf7a296718486bafaf774ea8bcf187
> c162c3c167
>
> and this is how you convert a Shell project to a NonShell one:
> https://github.com/efidroid/uefi_apps_EFIDroidUi/commit/23f0fa08108b8f
> 852564fae733c6a7bce62e2070
>
> as you can see it works by using StdLib with different libraries/cflags so 
> you have to compile your driver separately if there are other modules which 
> need the normal StdLib.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Marvin H?user 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>>
>  wrote:
> Dear EDK2 developers,
>
> For an experimental project, I'm currently attempting to write a library 
> wrapper for the disassembler library 'Capstone' in a similar manner to 
> CryptoPkg's OpensslLib. As most C libraries, it also depends on the standard 
> headers, which are not provided by 'stock' EDK2. My first guess has been to 
> use StdLib, though its description states:
> 'Due to the execution environment built by the StdLib component, execution as 
> a UEFI driver can cause system stability issues.'
>
> Inspecting OpensslLib I discovered that CryptoPkg deploys its own include 
> files for StdLib. Though, from your experience, what are the issues with 
> using StdLibPkg with DXE/UEFI drivers? It might be nice to reduce duplicate 
> code, though I honestly don't know anything about StdLibPkg and its 
> implementation and would be thankful for some insight on that manner.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time!
>
> Regards,
> Marvin.
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