That makes sense to move out MinPlatformPkg to under the vendor neutral folder if it is not Intel specific. On RISC-V, we have Platforms/RISC-V/PlatformPkg and the vendor neutral folder of RISC-V platform (e.g. Platforms/SiFive) which could leverage the driver/lib provided by RISC-V PlatformPkg.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Desimone, Nathaniel L [mailto:nathaniel.l.desim...@intel.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 7:17 AM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io; r...@edk2.groups.io > Cc: Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>; Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com>; > Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@arm.com>; Kirkendall, Garrett > <garrett.kirkend...@amd.com>; Lendacky, Thomas > <thomas.lenda...@amd.com>; thomas.abra...@arm.com; > frank....@dell.com; Jim Dailey <jim.dai...@dell.com>; Chang, Abner (HPS > SW/FW Technologist) <abner.ch...@hpe.com>; Wang, Sunny (HPS SW) > <sunnyw...@hpe.com>; Schaefer, Daniel <daniel.schae...@hpe.com>; > Liming Gao <gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn>; Tim Lewis > <tim.le...@insyde.com>; Kevin@Insyde <kevin.da...@insyde.com>; Felix > Polyudov <fel...@ami.com>; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Oram, Isaac W <isaac.w.o...@intel.com>; > Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com> > Subject: [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder > > Hi Everyone, > > This has come up informally a couple of times already, but I do think that it > would be beneficial to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Platform/Intel folder > and into a vendor neutral folder. MinPlatform really isn't Intel specific, > it's > just "middleware" that is intended to make it easier and faster to build EDK > II > based firmware. We have always intended MinPlatform to be vendor neutral, > and it would be great to see MinPlatform based implementations for non- > Intel silicon. Anyone working with EDK II should feel welcome to work with us > on MinPlatform, regardless of the SoC in use. > > To that end, I propose that we move MinPlatformPkg out of edk2- > platforms/Platform/Intel to edk2-platforms/Platform/MinPlatformPkg. It > might also make sense to move edk2-platforms/Platform/Intel/Tools and > edk2-platforms/Platform/Intel/build_bios.py to edk2-platforms/Platform as > well since those are all useful for building MinPlatform based firmware, but I > could also see that being something for another time. Let me know what you > think! > > Thanks, > Nate -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#65777): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/65777 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/77229559/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
