Hi Gerd, > On 31. Mar 2023, at 12:53, Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >>> However, those issues might have been fixed and it’s not impossible >>> Vitaly will give it another try eventually. In any case, I think our >>> downstream variant of XCODE5 doesn’t require any level of special >>> care, so it doesn’t really matter to us. >>> >>> (Another thing to consider is despite the bugs are fixed, mtoc has a >>> much higher overall code quality and more safety checks than GenFw, >>> which is used for CLANGDWARF.) >>> >>> The upstream toolchain has no future in my opinion, as mtoc has been >>> deprecated and already failed to compile certain things (like it >>> lacked Standalone MM types). The reason it still “worked” was >>> because homebrew silently shipped a variant with a subset of our >>> ocmtoc patches. So as I see it, taking our changes or dropping it >>> entirely are the only sane options, even regardless of this >>> particular issue you’re trying to fix. Personally, I have no >>> preference. >> >> I think both GenFw and mtoc are horrible hacks that should be phased >> out once we can - with good cross-architecture Clang support for >> native PE binaries, I'd hope macOS could move to CLANGPDB for all >> targets. > > What is the difference between CLANGPDB and CLANGDWARF? Just the debug > info format?
DWARF generates an ELF (which is utilized by UefiPayloadPkg) and PDB generates a PE directly. Best regards, Marvin > > What is the support status? Is CLANGDWARF expected to build edk2 on all > platforms? Including cross-builds? Or will that work only after > Rebecca's toolchain fix/cleanup series being merged? > > Should we eventually switch from gcc to clang on linux too? > > take care, > Gerd > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#102298): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/102298 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/97960758/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
