Added change histories since r3766

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               Notes for this ChangeLog.txt             !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\r
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This log file is used to record two kinds of important information:\r
 a) "Non-Compatible Changes": all non-compatible changes should be recorded. These info\r
    will help the package user to merge this package; and some non-compatible changes\r
    can also be added into release notes as news features when we release this package.\r
    Normally Non-Compatible Changes contains the following types:\r
      1) Package's external services were changed/updated\r
      2) Package's common .h file is renamed, deleted, or the file path is changed.\r
      3) The definition of package's common data structure is changed\r
      ...\r
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 b) "Important Compatible Changes": some important compatible changes can aslo be recorded\r
    in this file, and we can add these updating into release notes when we release this\r
    package.\r
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Non-Compatible and Compatible example format:\r
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EDK_0010: Non-Compatible: owner\r
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      Class_HFile: PPI A of MdePkg has been removed.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) Removed the .h file: MdePkg\Include\Ppi\A.h\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) All modules that used this PPI A should be updated.\r
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EDK_0000: Compatible: owner\r
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      Class_BuildTool: with the EDK_0000 build.exe, the build performance is enhanced great.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools\Bin\Win32\build.exe\r
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EDK_3832: Non-Compatible: jwang36\r
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      Class_BuildTool:\r
        1) Added support of MACRO in tools_def.txt\r
        2) Merged PATH and NAME attributes in tools_def.txt\r
        3) Changed DPATH attribute to DLL in tools_def.txt\r
        4) Removed SPATH attribute in tools_def.txt\r
        5) Added support for library instance without library class\r
        6) Fixed the issue in Trim tool which zero file will be generated if the trimmed \r
           file has not line directive\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe\r
        2) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe\r
        3) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/Trim.exe\r
        4) BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) All platforms and modules build\r
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EDK_3801: Compatible: jwang36\r
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      Class_BuildConfiguration: Added makefile as dependency for "Dynamic-Library-File" to \r
        solve the incremental build issue occurred when there's library changes\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Conf/build_rule.template\r
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EDK_3800: Compatible: lgao4\r
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      Class_BuildTool: Update EfiRom tool to fix checksum and PCI3.0 data structure\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/EfiRom.exe\r
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EDK_3795: Compatible: htao\r
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      Class_BuildTool: GenVtf tool open/write file with "r+b"/"w+b" attribute, but this cause\r
                       the RO attribute of the file changed. Fix this issue by changing \r
                       "r+b"/"w+b" to "rb"/"wb".\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenVtf.exe\r
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EDK_3791: Compatible: jlin16\r
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      Class_BuildTool:\r
        1) use '#' to indicate flash generation progress.\r
        2) use -v to switch on detail output messages.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe\r
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EDK_3789: Non-Compatible: lgao4\r
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      Class_BuildTool: support new Rules format and PCD format defined in FDF file\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe\r
        2) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) All platform's FDF file, if any, must be changed to new format\r
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EDK_3786: Compatible: vjeff\r
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      Class_BuildConfiguration:\r
        1) Redirect ICC_IA32_*_PATH from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin \r
           to C:\Program Files\Intel\Compiler\C++\9.1\IA32\Bin. \r
        2) Add ICC X64 definition to enable ICC X64 build.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template\r
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EDK_3785: Non-Compatible: klu2\r
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      Class_BuildTool: Upgrade the format of EFI_PEIM_ENTRY_POINT to \r
                       EFI_PEIM_ENTRY_POINT2 according to PI specification.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) All modules build\r
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EDK_3780: Non-Compatible: qhuang8\r
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      Class_MigrationTool: Update the syntax of PCD section.\r
                           Update the syntax of binary INF file\r
                           The generated Extended INF file should follow Extended INF spec 0.44\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/MigrationMsa2Inf.exe\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) New module migrated from old R9\r
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EDK_3766: Non-Compatible: lgao4\r
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      Class_BuildConfiguration: Update Acpi Asl file Build rule to remove trim step.\r
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        Code Change :\r
        1) Conf/build_rule.template\r
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        Possible Impacts:\r
        1) Platform with ACPI module.\r
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