On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 04:24:59PM +0100, Sami Mujawar wrote: > The ACPICA iASL compiler has been enhanced to support the > generation of an AML hex file which is required by the > Dynamic Tables Framework. The patch for this enhancement > has been integrated in the ACPICA repository. Therefore > the Prerequisites section in the Readme has been updated > accordingly. > > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 > Signed-off-by: Sami Mujawar <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Evan Lloyd <[email protected]> > --- > The changes can be seen at > https://github.com/samimujawar/edk2-staging/tree/258_reflect_acpica_compiler_enhancement_v1 > > Notes: > v1: > - Update ACPICA iAsl compiler usage guidelines. [SAMI] > > Readme.md | 21 +++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md > index > b72efca18e8ab5de17cab06f0a1a0725991256d4..2300fa6be9f83525e8c0ee21800751d9067b02e0 > 100644 > --- a/Readme.md > +++ b/Readme.md > @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ contains the Dynamic Tables Framework. > ### ACPICA iASL compiler > The RAW table generator, used to process the DSDT/SSDT files depends on > the iASL compiler to convert the DSDT/SSDT ASL files to a C array containing > -the hex AML code. The current implementation of the iASL compiler does not > -support generation of a C header file suitable for including from a C source > -file. > +the hex AML code. The "-tc" option of the iASL compiler has been enhanced to > +support generation of an AML hex file (C header) with a unique symbol name > +so that it is suitable for inclusion from a C source file. > > Related Links > -------------- > @@ -135,16 +135,19 @@ or > > Prerequisites > ------------- > -ACPICA iASL compiler with support for generating a C header file. > +ACPICA iASL compiler with the enhanced "-tc" option to support generation of > +AML hex (C header) files with unique symbol names. > > -A patch ***'Modify hex AML C header file generation'***, to enable > -this support has been submitted to the ACPICA source repository. > -<https://lists.acpica.org/pipermail/devel/2018-March/001755.html> > +A patch ***'[iASL: Enhance the -tc option (create AML hex file in > C)](https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/f9a88a4c1cd020b6a5475d63b29626852a0b5f37)'***, > +to enable this support has been integrated to the ACPICA source repository.
Same comment as the related patches - can you put the commitdate of that patch in here as well? > + > + > +Ensure that the iASL compiler used for building *Dynamic Tables Framework* > +has this feature enabled. > > Documentation > ------------- > -A description document is in preparation, and should be available in the > -near future. > +[Dynamic Tables Framework: A Step Towards Automatic Generation of Advanced > Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) & System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) > Tables – Sami Mujawar > (Arm).](http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/Arm_Dynamic%20Tables%20Framework%20A%20Step%20Towards%20Automatic%20Generation%20of%20Advanced%20Configuration%20and%20Power%20Interface%20%28ACPI%29%20%26%20System%20Management%20BIOS%20%28SMBIOS%29%20Tables%20_0.pdf) And can you point out that this was a presentation at UEFI Plugfest Seattle 2018? / Leif > > Miscellaneous > ------------- > -- > 'Guid(CE165669-3EF3-493F-B85D-6190EE5B9759)' > > _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
