Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-03 Thread Michael Zimmermann
> FYI, this library adds thread support to UEFI: > > https://github.com/Openwide-Ingenierie/GreenThreads-UEFI IMO this library has some crucial problems like changing the TPL during context switching. For my project "EFIDroid" I've invested many months analyzing, testing and implementing my own th

Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-02 Thread Blibbet
On 11/02/2017 09:41 AM, Jayaprakash, N wrote: > Would you consider adding thread support in this port of Python for EDK2 shell? FYI, this library adds thread support to UEFI: https://github.com/Openwide-Ingenierie/GreenThreads-UEFI Note that the library is GPLv2, ...but the author (a 1-person pr

Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-02 Thread Jayaprakash, N
Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org Subject: Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2 Thiebaud: Thank you. I have started discussions within Intel for updating the UEFI CPython implementation to Python 3.x. The TianoCore community would appreciate contributions by people with Python experience to

Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-02 Thread Thiebaud Weksteen
p; WeChat) > https://software.intel.com/en-us/meet-the-developers/evangel > ists/team/brian-richardson > > -Original Message- > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of > Thiebaud Weksteen > Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 5:07 AM > T

Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-01 Thread Richardson, Brian
pers/evangelists/team/brian-richardson -Original Message- From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Thiebaud Weksteen Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 5:07 AM To: python-...@python.org Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org Subject: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

Re: [edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-01 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 13:46:27 +0100 Christian Heimes wrote: > > > This work would target the master branch (that is Python 3). I would > > be interested in hearing your thoughts on this idea. > > In general your proposal sounds like a good idea. A new platform may > require a PEP, though. It wo

[edk2] Official port of Python on EDK2

2017-11-01 Thread Thiebaud Weksteen
Hi, UEFI has become the standard for firmware (BIOS) interface. Intel has provided an open source implementation under the name EDK2 (part of the TianoCore initiative) [1] for some time. This implementation has evolved significantly and now provides the functionalities of a small OS with a standar