Ray, Real HW platforms like Vlv2* and Quark* should be moved to edk2-platforms. Virtual platforms such as Ovmf and EmulatorPkg should stay in edk2 repo to support validation.
We should enter Tianocore BZ to move the real HW platforms. Thanks, Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Ni, Ruiyu > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 7:32 PM > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Subject: RE: [RFC] Proposal to add edk2-apps repository > > Mike, > It's a great idea to have another edk2-apps repo. > > I have a question not quite related to this new repo but > related to edk2-platforms repo. > There are many platforms in edk2 repo as well, like Ovmf, > Emulator, Vlv2TbltDevicePkg. > What's your opinion/plan about these platforms? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel- > boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of > > Kinney, Michael D > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:58 AM > > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > > Subject: [edk2] [RFC] Proposal to add edk2-apps > repository > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to propose the creation of a new repository > called edk2-apps. This > > repository would initially be used to host the following > packages from the edk2 > > repository: > > > > * AppPkg > > * StdLib > > * StdLibPrivateInternalFiles > > > > These 3 packages provide support for the libc along with > applications that > > depend on libc. None of the other packages in the edk2 > repository use these > > packages, so these 3 package can be safely moved without > any impacts to > > platform firmware builds. > > Build configurations that do use libc features can clone > the edk2-apps repository > > and add it to PACKAGES_PATH. > > > > The history of these 3 packages would be preserved when > importing the content > > into edk2-apps. After The import is verified, these 3 > packages would be deleted > > from the edk2 repository. > > > > This proposal helps reduce the size of the edk2 > repository and focuses edk2 > > repository on packages used to provide UEFI/PI > conformant firmware. > > > > If there are no concerns with this proposal, I will > enter a Tianocore BZs for the > > two steps. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
