Acked-by: Jiewen Yao <jiewen....@intel.com> I cannot remember if there is windows OS still using the properties table. Maybe Microsoft people can comment.
If no, I agree we can remove the old code. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:25 PM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>; Laszlo Ersek > <ler...@redhat.com>; Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com>; Yao, Jiewen > <jiewen....@intel.com>; Bret Barkelew <bret.barke...@microsoft.com> > Subject: [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table > > The EFI properties table is broken by design, deprecated, and seems to be > causing confusion as it is unclear to some how it differs from the memory > attributes table (which supersedes it). So let's get rid of the code that > generates it entirely, along with the GUID definitions, PCDs etc. > > Due to how the two implementations are intertwined, patch #2 makes the > minimal changes required to stop producing the table (and to allow patch > #3 to remove the associated definitions from MdePkg). Patch #4 is optional > and merges the code together. > > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> > Cc: Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com> > Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: Ray Ni <ray...@intel.com> > Cc: Jiewen Yao <jiewen....@intel.com> > Cc: Bret Barkelew <bret.barke...@microsoft.com> > > Link: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2633 > > Ard Biesheuvel (4): > OvmfPkg: remove handling of properties table > MdeModulePkg: disable properties table generation but retain the code > MdePkg: remove PropertiesTable GUID > MdeModulePkg/DxeCore: merge properties table routines into MAT > handling > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.h | 9 - > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf | 3 - > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain/DxeMain.c | 1 - > .../Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryAttributesTable.c | 1226 ++++++++++++++- > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c | 1 - > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/PropertiesTable.c | 1373 ----------------- > MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec | 24 - > MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni | 21 - > MdePkg/Include/Guid/PropertiesTable.h | 31 - > MdePkg/MdePkg.dec | 3 - > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc | 1 - > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc | 1 - > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc | 1 - > OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc | 1 - > OvmfPkg/PlatformPei/Platform.c | 1 - > OvmfPkg/PlatformPei/PlatformPei.inf | 1 - > 16 files changed, 1222 insertions(+), 1476 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/PropertiesTable.c > delete mode 100644 MdePkg/Include/Guid/PropertiesTable.h > > -- > 2.17.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#56470): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/56470 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/72560881/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
