> On Jun 29, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > wrote: > > Liming, > > Thank you Liming and Jordan for all the effort on the conversion > tool and patches to update all packages with NASM support and the > work done to verify that the NASM files produced the same object > code as MASM. > > A follow up question I have for the EDK II community is if there > is interest in retiring the MASM/GAS source files from packages > and how soon we would like to see those MASM/GAS source files > removed. If there are any known compatibility issues or symbolic > debug limitations in using NASM as the only assembler, please let > us know so we can start working through those issues. >
Mike, We still don't have support for dead stripping and source level debugging with NASM and Xcode clang. So keeping the old GAS around especially for the MdePkg library would be an ask for us. Thanks, Andrew Fish > Thanks, > > Mike > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gao, Liming >> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 7:03 PM >> To: Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com>; >> Kinney, >> Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L >> <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> >> Cc: edk2-de...@ml01.01.org >> Subject: RE: [edk2] [Patch 000/351] Convert EDK II core packages to NASM for >> IA32/X64 >> >> Hi, all >> I pushed all patches. If you meet with any issues, please raise it to me. >> >> Thanks >> Liming >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of >>> Gao, Liming >>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:23 PM >>> To: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com>; Kinney, Michael D >>> <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> >>> Cc: edk2-de...@ml01.01.org >>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [Patch 000/351] Convert EDK II core packages to NASM >>> for IA32/X64 >>> >>> Laszlo: >>> Thanks! If no more comments, I plan to push those patches early next >>> week. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Liming >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:44 AM >>>> To: Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D >>>> <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L >>> <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> >>>> Cc: edk2-de...@ml01.01.org >>>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [Patch 000/351] Convert EDK II core packages to NASM >>>> for IA32/X64 >>>> >>>> On 06/22/16 05:15, Gao, Liming wrote: >>>>> Laszlo: >>>>> I don't find any other case. I have integrated your patches into >>>>> https://github.com/lgao4/edk2.git branch nasm-v2. Please help check. >>>> >>>> I retested the SMM_REQUIRE + S3 cases (Ia32 Fedora, Ia32X64 Fedora, >>>> Ia32X64 Windows 8.1), with your nasm-v2 branch (at commit >>>> 7c10e13e7c36c593bb102ddc5ae27a747457097f). Everything seems to work >>>> fine. >>>> >>>> I also checked the UefiCpuPkg/PiSmmCpuDxeSmm/*/MpFuncs.nasm files; >>>> they >>>> look good. >>>> >>>> The commit messages on >>>> >>>> 9bdcbb94016c3 UefiCpuPkg PiSmmCpuDxeSmm: Update >>>> Ia32/MpFuncs.nasm >>>> f6083bde349ce UefiCpuPkg PiSmmCpuDxeSmm: Update >>> X64/MpFuncs.nasm >>>> >>>> seem fine as well. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Laszlo >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Liming >>>>> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:37 AM >>>>> To: Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D >>>> <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Justen, Jordan L >>> <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> >>>>> Cc: edk2-de...@ml01.01.org >>>>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [Patch 000/351] Convert EDK II core packages to >>> NASM >>>> for IA32/X64 >>>>> >>>>> On 06/21/16 03:54, Gao, Liming wrote: >>>>>> Laszlo: >>>>>> Thanks for your test and finding. I notice this difference between >>>>>> asm and nasm output file. I read IA32 manual to try understanding 66 >>>>>> and 67 prefix operand. I wrongly think 66 has the same functionality >>>>>> to 66 67. So, I think they are same. I will go through all patches to >>>>>> make sure there is no other 67 missing. >>>>>> >>>>>> ASM dump: >>>>>> 00000032: 66 67 EA 00 00 00 jmp _RendezvousFunnelProc >>>>>> 00 >>>>>> NASM dump: >>>>>> 00000032: 66 EA 00 00 00 00 jmp _RendezvousFunnelProc >>>>> >>>>> Right, that's the pattern. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> Laszlo >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> edk2-devel mailing list >>>>> edk2-devel@lists.01.org >>>>> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> edk2-devel mailing list >>> edk2-devel@lists.01.org >>> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
