| 1 | This directory contains the next generation of EDK II build tools and template files.\r |
| 2 | Templates are located in the Conf directory, while the tools executables for\r |
| 3 | Microsoft Windows 32-bit Operating Systems are located in the Bin\Win32 directory.\r |
| 4 | \r |
| 5 | The binary tools will be updated only after passing developer testing.\r |
| 6 | \r |
| 7 | The BaseTools package will be updated with new tools only after all testing on a set\r |
| 8 | of binary tools has successfully completed.\r |
| 9 | \r |
| 10 | Current state of the tools is Proto-Type - not all tool functions have been implemented\r |
| 11 | and there may be bugs in these tools. These tools are under constant development at\r |
| 12 | this time.\r |
| 13 | \r |
| 14 | BaseTools Simple Usage:\r |
| 15 | 1) Change the directory to the EDK2 root directory, where the edksetup.bat is\r |
| 16 | 2) Run "edksetup.bat NewBuild"\r |
| 17 | 3) Set the ACTIVE_PLATFORM to your desired platform description file \r |
| 18 | (%WORKSPACE%\Conf\target.txt)\r |
| 19 | 4) To build platform, run "build" command in non-module directory\r |
| 20 | 5) To build module individually, run "build" command in module directory, i.e. where the \r |
| 21 | *.inf file is\r |
| 22 | \r |
| 23 | Notes:\r |
| 24 | 1) Only *.efi files can be generated. Flash image cannot be generated at present.\r |
| 25 | 2) Only "clean" and "cleanall" build target are supported, in both top level \r |
| 26 | makefile and module's makefile. \r |
| 27 | 3) Not all tool chains and target architectures are tested. Due to both tools \r |
| 28 | and source code limitations, ther must be bugs in it. Please report any issue \r |
| 29 | ASAP so we can fix it soon.\r |
| 30 | 4) The tree structure generated by build tools is similar to Ant build system.\r |
| 31 | 5) Makefile can be called directly by nmake for both top level platform and module. But\r |
| 32 | after you call "nmake cleanall", you have to call "build" command to rebuild platform\r |
| 33 | or modules because the AutoGen.* files have been be removed. The "makefile" itself\r |
| 34 | cannot generate AutoGen.* files. Only "build" command can.\r |
| 35 | \r |
| 36 | 25-Jun-2007\r |