From: lhauch Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:41:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added notes on Cygwin mount, as well as changing from textmode to binmode X-Git-Tag: edk2-stable201903~24079 X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=mirror_edk2.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1095e1fc188d9d661ac49ad69a39b1196dd8fdb5;ds=sidebyside Added notes on Cygwin mount, as well as changing from textmode to binmode git-svn-id: https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2@1795 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524 --- diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt index 1b3fd770aa..bb2c923c5f 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ install cygwin it gives you the choice of Unix file mode (recommended) or DOS file mode. Unix mode will cause all the cygwin directories to be mounted in binmode, while DOS will mount the dirs in textmode. Here is an example of a cygwin install where the dirs are (properly) mounted in binmode. +To view mount information, type: + mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (binmode) @@ -228,7 +230,12 @@ c:\workspace on /workspace type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type user (binmode) If you use textmode, it is likely that the build will fail in a way that is -hard to debug. +hard to debug. Textmode is required to retain or add the DOS ^M characters +in DOS batch files during file editing sessions. + +You can switch from textmode to binmode for compilation by executing the +following: + mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix cygdrive Cygwin is pretty slow, so it is not recommended for large builds.