We have recently been evaluating the merits of MinPlatformPkg. We would welcome a MinPlatformPkg that is more accessible.
GARRETT KIRKENDALL SMTS Firmware Engineer 7171 Southwest Parkway, Austin, TX 78735 USA AMD facebook | amd.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Desimone, Nathaniel L <nathaniel.l.desim...@intel.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:17 PM > 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>; Abner Chang > <abner.ch...@hpe.com>; Wang, Sunny (HPS SW) <sunnyw...@hpe.com>; > Daniel Schaefer <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 > > [CAUTION: External Email] > > 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 (#65797): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/65797 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
