From: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gond...@arm.com>
The AmlToHex script and Posix/WindowsLike wrappers convert
an AML file to a .hex file, containing a C array storing
AML bytecode. This ".hex" file can then be included in a
C file, allowing to access the AML bytecode from this C
file.
The EDK2 build system doesn't allow to a depict dependency
orders between files of different languages. For instance,
in a module containing a ".c" file and a ".asl", the ".c"
file may or may not be built prior to the ".asl" file.
This prevents any inclusion of a generated ".hex" in a
".c" file since this later ".hex" file may or may not
have been created yet.
This patch renames the script as AmlToC. It is posted as
a separate patch to prevent git from seeing the renaming
as a deletion plus addition of a new file.
The ending line of the posix-like bin-wrapper script has
also been corrected.
This is a first step toward generating a C file containing
the AML bytecode from an ASL file. This C file will then
be handled by the EDK2 build system to generate an object
file.
Thus, no file inclusion will be required anymore. The C file
requiring the AML bytecode as a C array, and the ASL file,
will be compiled independently. The C array must be defined
as an external symbol. The linker is resolving the
reference to the C array symbol.
To summarize, the flow goes as:
-1. ASL file is compiled to AML;
-2. AML file is copied to a ".amli" intermediate file;
-3. EDK2 build system applies the rule relevant to ".amli"
files. This is, calling the "AmlToC" script, generating
a C file from the ".amli" file;
-4. EDK2 build system applies the rule relevant to C files.
This is creating an object file.
-5. EDK2 build system links the object file containing the
AML bytecode with the object file requiring it.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gond...@arm.com>
Suggested-by: Tomas Pilar <tomas.pi...@arm.com>
---
The changes can be seen at:
https://github.com/PierreARM/edk2/commits/803_Compile_AML_bytecode_array_into_OBJ_file_v5
Notes:
v1:
- Rename AmlToHex scripts to AmlToC, and change line
endings of the PosixLike bin-wrapper. [Pierre]
v2:
- No modification. [Pierre]
v3:
- Changed "Signed-off-by" to "Suggested-by". [Bob]
v4:
- No modification. Re-sending the patch with base64
encoding to conserve the right line endings. [Bob]
v5:
- No modification. [Pierre]
BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/{AmlToHex => AmlToC} | 28
++++++++++----------
BaseTools/BinWrappers/WindowsLike/{AmlToHex.bat => AmlToC.bat} | 0
BaseTools/Source/Python/{AmlToHex/AmlToHex.py => AmlToC/AmlToC.py} | 0
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToHex
b/BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToC
similarity index 97%
rename from BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToHex
rename to BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToC
index
9fb68299e4c67d1f332cd883fd348a896f1bdc50..1dd28e966288f6ea4fc52d42e2dc7b1f74226c23
100755
--- a/BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToHex
+++ b/BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/AmlToC
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#python `dirname $0`/RunToolFromSource.py `basename $0` $*
-
-# If a ${PYTHON_COMMAND} command is available, use it in preference to python
-if command -v ${PYTHON_COMMAND} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- python_exe=${PYTHON_COMMAND}
-fi
-
-full_cmd=${BASH_SOURCE:-$0} # see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/028 for a
discussion of why $0 is not a good choice here
-dir=$(dirname "$full_cmd")
-exe=$(basename "$full_cmd")
-
-export PYTHONPATH="$dir/../../Source/Python${PYTHONPATH:+:"$PYTHONPATH"}"
-exec "${python_exe:-python}" "$dir/../../Source/Python/$exe/$exe.py" "$@"
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#python `dirname $0`/RunToolFromSource.py `basename $0` $*
+
+# If a ${PYTHON_COMMAND} command is available, use it in preference to python
+if command -v ${PYTHON_COMMAND} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ python_exe=${PYTHON_COMMAND}
+fi
+
+full_cmd=${BASH_SOURCE:-$0} # see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/028 for a
discussion of why $0 is not a good choice here
+dir=$(dirname "$full_cmd")
+exe=$(basename "$full_cmd")
+
+export PYTHONPATH="$dir/../../Source/Python${PYTHONPATH:+:"$PYTHONPATH"}"
+exec "${python_exe:-python}" "$dir/../../Source/Python/$exe/$exe.py" "$@"
diff --git a/BaseTools/BinWrappers/WindowsLike/AmlToHex.bat
b/BaseTools/BinWrappers/WindowsLike/AmlToC.bat
similarity index 100%
rename from BaseTools/BinWrappers/WindowsLike/AmlToHex.bat
rename to BaseTools/BinWrappers/WindowsLike/AmlToC.bat
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/AmlToHex/AmlToHex.py
b/BaseTools/Source/Python/AmlToC/AmlToC.py
similarity index 100%
rename from BaseTools/Source/Python/AmlToHex/AmlToHex.py
rename to BaseTools/Source/Python/AmlToC/AmlToC.py
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