Zhichao: I think the first step is to send RFC on the proposal. If no one rejects RFC, then work out the detail changes.
Thanks Liming > -----Original Message----- > From: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 8:44 AM > To: Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: Separate > the lib instances > > Ray, > > Your suggestion is good for open source, but unfriendly to the close source > platforms which consume this lib. > > Hi Mike/Liming/Ray/Others, > > Do we have a progress to retire lib/API/others in the open source, like below? > 1. Announce that there is something going to retire. > 2. Suggestion to replace the retired function in open source. Or the > justification of the retirement. > 3. Collect the feedback especially the disagreement. > 4. Discuss and make the decision. > 5. Reject the retirement. Or announce the retire date to let consumers to > change their platform codes. > 6. Retire the function. > > Thanks, > Zhichao > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ni, Ray > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 3:16 PM > > To: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: Separate > > the lib instances > > > > Zhichao, > > I prefer to have one patch serial which include: > > 1. Adds new mandatory instance > > 2. Update consumers to use the new instance 2. Removes the old mandatory > > instance > > > > Otherwise, adding a new mandatory instance introduces more code duplication > > IMO. > > > > Thanks, > > Ray > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com> > > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 2:41 PM > > > To: Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io > > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > > > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: > > > Separate the lib instances > > > > > > For open source, it would impact fsp2 package, ovmf package and some > > > open platform packages. Not sure for others. > > > I didn't plan the removal of UefiDevicePathLibDevicePathProtocol yet. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Zhichao > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Ni, Ray > > > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 2:20 PM > > > > To: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io > > > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > > > > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: > > > Separate > > > > the lib instances > > > > > > > > Removing code duplication is great. > > > > > > > > But your patch introduces more code duplication: the mandatory one > > > > in UefiDevicePathLib directory and the other one in > > > > UefiDevicePathLibDevicePathProtocol directory. > > > > > > > > Do you have a plan to remove the one in > > > UefiDevicePathLibDevicePathProtocol > > > > directory? > > > > Have you evaluated the impact to consumers of removing that one? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com> > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 2:03 PM > > > > > To: Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io > > > > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > > > > > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > > > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: > > > > > Separate the lib instances > > > > > > > > > > Ray, > > > > > > > > > > I knew there is one in MdePkg. But it has duplicate code with > > > > > UefiDevicePathLib. That is why I add the Mandatory one. > > > > > And it is recommended to use the one in UefiDevicePathLib path. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Zhichao > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Ni, Ray > > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 1:50 PM > > > > > > To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Gao, Zhichao <zhichao....@intel.com> > > > > > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, Liming > > > > > > <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > > > > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: > > > > > Separate > > > > > > the lib instances > > > > > > > > > > > > Zhichao, > > > > > > \MdePkg\Library\UefiDevicePathLibDevicePathProtocol\ contains > > > > > > the > > > > > version > > > > > > that hard-depends on the protocol. > > > > > > I don't think you need to add another version. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of > > > > > > > Gao, Zhichao > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 10:11 AM > > > > > > > To: devel@edk2.groups.io > > > > > > > Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Gao, > > > > > > > Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Vitaly Cheptsov > > > > > > > <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > > > > > Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V3 0/2] *MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: > > > > > > > Separate the lib instances > > > > > > > > > > > > > > REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2298 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The UefiDevicePathLibOptionalDevicePathProtocolConstructor's > > > > > > > implementation > > > > > > > isn't match with its instance name. > > > > > > > Remove the ASSERT and depex of the > > > > > gEfiDevicePathUtilitiesProtocolGuid > > > > > > > because of "Optional". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add a mandatory instance to force using the > > > > > > > DevicePathUtilities, DevicePathToText and DevicePathFromText > > > > > > > protocol with the ASSERT > > > > > and > > > > > > > depex. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > V2: > > > > > > > The optional lib instance's construction should return success > > > > > > > all the time. > > > > > > > Change the desciption of the optional lib uni file. > > > > > > > Change the copyright date of the mandatory one's uni file. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > V3: > > > > > > > Remove the Status variable in > > > > > > > UefiDevicePathLibOptionalDevicePathProtocolConstructor. > > > > > > > The Status would cause GCC build fail because the variable is > > > > > > > initialized but not used. > > > > > > > Since it is useless for the constructor, directly remove it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > > > > > > > Cc: Liming Gao <liming....@intel.com> > > > > > > > Cc: Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9...@protonmail.com> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhichao Gao <zhichao....@intel.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zhichao Gao (2): > > > > > > > MdePkg/UefiDevicePathLib: Separate the device path lib > > > > > > > MdePkg/dsc: Add UefiDevicePathLibMandatoryDevicePathProtocol > > > for > > > > > > > build > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...DevicePathLibMandatoryDevicePathProtocol.c | 469 > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > ...vicePathLibMandatoryDevicePathProtocol.inf | 86 ++++ > > > > > > > ...vicePathLibMandatoryDevicePathProtocol.uni | 18 + > > > > > > > ...iDevicePathLibOptionalDevicePathProtocol.c | 21 +- > > > > > > > ...evicePathLibOptionalDevicePathProtocol.inf | 5 +- > > > > > > > ...evicePathLibOptionalDevicePathProtocol.uni | 6 +- > > > > > > > MdePkg/MdePkg.dsc | 3 +- > > > > > > > 7 files changed, 587 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) create > > > > > > > mode > > > > > > > 100644 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MdePkg/Library/UefiDevicePathLib/UefiDevicePathLibMandatoryDevicePat > > > > > > > hProtocol.c > > > > > > > create mode 100644 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MdePkg/Library/UefiDevicePathLib/UefiDevicePathLibMandatoryDevicePat > > > > > > > hProtocol.inf > > > > > > > create mode 100644 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MdePkg/Library/UefiDevicePathLib/UefiDevicePathLibMandatoryDevicePat > > > > > > > hProtocol.uni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > 2.21.0.windows.1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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