From: Abner Chang <abner.ch...@amd.com> Add Readme file of edk2 platform ManageabilityPkg.
Signed-off-by: Abner Chang <abner.ch...@amd.com> Cc: Liming Gao <gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn> Cc: Isaac Oram <isaac.w.o...@intel.com> Cc: Nate DeSimone <nathaniel.l.desim...@intel.com> Cc: Nickle Wang <nick...@nvidia.com> Cc: Igor Kulchytskyy <ig...@ami.com> Cc: Abdul Lateef Attar <abdat...@amd.com> --- Features/ManageabilityPkg/Readme.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Features/ManageabilityPkg/Readme.md diff --git a/Features/ManageabilityPkg/Readme.md b/Features/ManageabilityPkg/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..880aa4aa48 --- /dev/null +++ b/Features/ManageabilityPkg/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# EDK2 Manageability Package + +The edk2 Manageability package is introduced to provide edk2 drivers and +libraries for the industry platform management standards, such as PLDM (Platform +Level Data Model), MCTP (Management Component Transfer Protocol) and IPMI +(Intelligent Platform Management Interface). The framework of edk2 Manageability +package is designed to flexibly support transports for the above industry standards, the transports such as KCS or I2C for IPMI, PCI VDM (Vendor Defined +Message), I2C or KCS for MCTP, or the OEM proprietary transports. + +## EDK2 Manageability Package Driver Stack + +Below figure shows the driver stacks which are abstracted to support disparate +transports for the platform management. + + +## Build the Manageability Package +In order to use the modules provided by ManageabilityPkg, **PACKAGES_PATH** must +contains the path to point to [edk2-platform Features](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/master/Features): + +``` +$ export PACKAGES_PATH=$PWD/edk2:$PWD/edk2-platforms:$PWD/edk2-platforms/Features +``` + +Due to the [IPMI Migration Work](#migration-of-ipmi-driver-stack-from-outofbandmanagement) is in progress, an +additional package path is required to add to **PACKAGES_PATH** for the reference +of IPMI modules those are currently located under +[OutOfBandManagement](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/master/Features/Intel/OutOfBandManagement) folder. + +``` +$PWD/edk2-platforms/Features/Intel/OutOfBandManagement +``` + +## Migration of IPMI Driver Stack from OutOfBandManagement + +This is the ongoing task that relocates IPMI modules from OutOfBandManagement to +under ManageabilityPkg. This task also requires to abstract the transport layer +from IPMI driver in order to flexibly support different transports adopted on the platform. -- 2.37.1.windows.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#99747): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/99747 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/96810543/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
