| This directory contains the next generation of EDK II build tools and template files. | |
| Templates are located in the Conf directory, while the tools executables for | |
| Microsoft Windows 32-bit Operating Systems are located in the Bin\Win32 directory. | |
| The binary tools will be updated only after passing developer testing. | |
| The BaseTools package will be updated with new tools only after all testing on a set | |
| of binary tools has successfully completed. | |
| Current state of the tools is Proto-Type - not all tool functions have been implemented | |
| and there may be bugs in these tools. These tools are under constant development at | |
| this time. | |
| BaseTools Simple Usage: | |
| 1) Change the directory to the EDK2 root directory, where the edksetup.bat is | |
| 2) Run "edksetup.bat NewBuild" | |
| 3) Set the ACTIVE_PLATFORM to your desired platform description file | |
| (%WORKSPACE%\Conf\target.txt) | |
| 4) To build platform, run "build" command in non-module directory | |
| 5) To build module individually, run "build" command in module directory, i.e. where the | |
| *.inf file is | |
| Notes: | |
| 1) Only *.efi files can be generated. Flash image cannot be generated at present. | |
| 2) Only "clean" and "cleanall" build target are supported, in both top level | |
| makefile and module's makefile. | |
| 3) Not all tool chains and target architectures are tested. Due to both tools | |
| and source code limitations, ther must be bugs in it. Please report any issue | |
| ASAP so we can fix it soon. | |
| 4) The tree structure generated by build tools is similar to Ant build system. | |
| 5) Makefile can be called directly by nmake for both top level platform and module. But | |
| after you call "nmake cleanall", you have to call "build" command to rebuild platform | |
| or modules because the AutoGen.* files have been be removed. The "makefile" itself | |
| cannot generate AutoGen.* files. Only "build" command can. | |
| 25-Jun-2007 |