[MinnowBoard] [edk2] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

Wed Mar 4 23:21:57 UTC 2015

Hi Michael,

Thanks for taking the time to explain all this – enjoyed the “insight”!

One thing that confuses me a little is your statement “MinnowBoard MAX requires some Intellectual Property (IP) Binary files to build properly. ”

Personally I have no problem with that but I am curious as to what exactly those files “contain” (conceptualy). I would have thought that those binary files contain some Intel IP specifically related to the Intel Atom E3800 series SoC (CPU) as opposed to the “MinnowBoard MAX”? In other words some sort of microcode (or whatever) that is specifically related to the SoC/CPU. 

In other words, I would imagine that outside of the E3800 SoC itself, I can’t imagine there is any other “proprietary” stuff relating to the MinnowBoard MAX itself (schematics, PCB, peripheral IC’s, etc..).

Could you clarify that?

Thanks again for taking the time to the “masses”! REALLY appreciated!

Best Regards

Gerard

From: Krau, Michael P [mailto:michael.p.krau at intel.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:25 PM
To: edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net; gerard.b at tekmagic.net
Cc: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
Subject: RE: [edk2] [MinnowBoard] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

Hello Andrew and Gerard,

To respond to and to clarify the PS in Andrew’s message below:

It is not the intention of the MinnowBoard MAX firmware team to complicate or cause issues within the UEFI Open Source Community.   If the current methods and mechanisms are failing then adjustment is necessary.   

>From what I understand, the problem aligns that the MinnowBoard MAX is not building off of the tip (with the binaries provided for the 0.77 version of the firmware).  I can understand the frustration, but the problem is a cascade of several external factors.  

Our development around MinnowBoard MAX are now centered on the Open Source community site.  The BSD content for MinnowBoard MAX is being developed from the open source repository (including the platform specific packages – Vlv2DeviceRefCodePkg and Vlv2TbltDevicePkg ).   So the development team is working directly to the sources on the open site.  This was established at the insistence of keeping the development open to the community. 

MinnowBoard MAX requires some Intellectual Property (IP) Binary files to build properly.  Those files can only be distributed in binary format (I regret this greatly, but have no recourse).  We cannot keep the tip updated with changes in these binary files because it is against policy of the hosting site to provide binaries without the associated sources, which is not possible with this content.

This means that those files have to be distributed in separate fashion, (those are the files per the zip file at: http://firmware.intel.com/sites/default/files/MinnowBoard_MAX-0.77-Binary.Objects.zip) at least for the 0.77 version of the official release.

To make matters more difficult, that site (firmware.intel.com) has rules that files are not posted until they have been through a complete validation cycle.  So, while we are moving at one speed on the Open Source site, the binary files are held to a different speed/cadence.   In the case of this time period, there have been changes in the binaries, which come back to the problems when using the tip of the Open sources and the old files.  

If it were possible to provide the binary files through the same mechanism as the sources we would be doing so. 

This is why our instructions are so explicit about the version from the open source repository to use for the build.  It is hoped that the binaries will not be changing in the future, at least not in this manner, but that was not the case between the 0.77 and the (upcoming) 0.78 release.

As an aside, there is an effort underway to improve this binary distribution de-synch problem and make other requested improvements. As  part of this effort we would be grateful to hear of where the process is failing, and how we can make improvements.  

Thank you,

Michael Krau

From: Andrew Fish [mailto:afish at apple.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:20 PM
To: gerard.b at tekmagic.net; edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net> 
Cc: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
Subject: Re: [edk2] [MinnowBoard] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:54 PM, Gerard Bucas <gerard.b at tekmagic.net <mailto:gerard.b at tekmagic.net> > wrote:

Hi David

I am pretty sure I followed those instructions exactly. The only difference is that I have a slightly newer version of VS (which I resolved) and a Python (still V2.X so should be OK).

I downloaded the svn from that link that you mention, so I assume that I didn’t get a newer version? How can I check that to make sure?

Gerard,

I’ve not used svn in a long time (git rocks), but the branch has revisions too. So downloading the URL gets you the TOT of the branch. Did you specify a revision?

svn checkout -r 16679   <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1> https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1

I think you can update via:

svn update -r 16679

Not sure if you have the Unix like command line svn, or you are using some other tool, but the concept should be the same.

Thanks,

PS This project is a big mess. They should have just checked in a branch of the edk2 that had all their stuff and pointed you at a single pull. All the other Packages in the TOT of the edk2 have to compile with the TOT, some how this one is special? it is only going to get worse if every package maintainer starts making up bizarre rules to match their internal closed source project  process (branch early, branch often, never merge with TOT, when possible distribute ZIP files of code, don’t use internal what you ship to customers) and try to call it open source. 

Thanks!

Gerard

From: Wei, David [ <mailto:david.wei at intel.com> mailto:david.wei at intel.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:44 AM
To:  <mailto:gerard.b at tekmagic.net> gerard.b at tekmagic.net; MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion;  <mailto:edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net> edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [MinnowBoard] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

Hi,

Please following below two steps to get source code.  The 0.77 is based on "Revision 16679 of UDK2014.SP1 branch  <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1> https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1 ".  Please do not get newer version. 

2. Create the following folders (sub-directories) from your workspace (e.g. "C:\MyWorkspace"):

       BaseTools               

       Conf                    

       CryptoPkg               

       EdkCompatibilityPkg     

       EdkShellBinPkg          

       FatBinPkg               

       IntelFrameworkModulePkg 

       IntelFrameworkPkg       

       MdeModulePkg            

       MdePkg                  

       NetworkPkg              

       PcAtChipsetPkg          

       PerformancePkg          

       SecurityPkg             

       ShellBinPkg             

       ShellPkg                

       SourceLevelDebugPkg     

       UefiCpuPkg

       Vlv2DeviceRefCodePkg

       Vlv2TbltDevicePkg    

3. Obtain the following BSD-licensed source code packages and files from the  <http://tianocore.org/> tianocore.org (hosted by  <http://sourceforge.net/> sourceforge.net)

   SVN (SubVersion) repository and place them into their respective folders (subdirectories) created in

   step 2 (above):  

   "Revision 16679 of UDK2014.SP1 branch  <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1> https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/branches/UDK2014.SP1 "

Thanks,

David | SSG BIOS

From: elinux-MinnowBoard [ <mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org> mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Bucas
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:35 PM
To:  <mailto:edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net> edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: 'MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion'
Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

Can anyone help with resolving this error when trying to build 0.77 firmware on Windows:

build...

…\myworkspace\EdkCompatibilityPkg\Compatibility\SmmBaseHelper\SmmBaseHelper

.inf(66): error 4000: Value of Guid [gEdkiiMemoryProfileGuid] is not found under

[Guids] section in  …..\myworkspace\MdePkg\MdePkg.dec

Thanks!

Regards

Gerard

From: B Cran [ <mailto:bruce.cran at gmail.com> mailto:bruce.cran at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1:11 AM
To:  <mailto:gerard.b at tekmagic.net> gerard.b at tekmagic.net
Cc:  <mailto:edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net> edk2-devel at lists.sourceforge.net; MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] [EDK2][MNW2]: Problem building MinnowMAX firmware 0.77 on Windows.

On Monday, March 2, 2015, Gerard Bucas < <mailto:gerard.b at tekmagic.net> gerard.b at tekmagic.net> wrote:

: error 000E: File/directory not found in workspace

        c:\...........\myworkspace\Vlv2BinaryPkg\X64RELEASE\IA32\PchSmbusArpDisabled.inf

I do not have the “….\myworkspace\Vlv2BinaryPkg\” directory.

 This isn't really an edk2 issue - the Vlv2BinaryPkg tree contains the binary objects ('blobs') and is distributed separately from the main BIOS code. You can get it from  <http://firmware.intel.com/sites/default/files/MinnowBoard_MAX-0.77-Binary.Objects.zip> http://firmware.intel.com/sites/default/files/MinnowBoard_MAX-0.77-Binary.Objects.zip . You should also read  <http://firmware.intel.com/sites/default/files/MinnowBoard_MAX_Rev.077-ReleaseNotes.txt> http://firmware.intel.com/sites/default/files/MinnowBoard_MAX_Rev.077-ReleaseNotes.txt for build instructions (e.g. Patching OpenSSL).

-- 

Bruce

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