Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread Andrew Fish
On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:01 PM, "David F." wrote: > Andrew, Thanks. I think I get it, another way to say it would be the PCD > replaces the #ifdef and #defines, replacing #if with compile time conditional > builds (though compiler optimizations) that prevent code rot and #defines > (and perhaps

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread David F.
Andrew, Thanks. I think I get it, another way to say it would be the PCD replaces the #ifdef and #defines, replacing #if with compile time conditional builds (though compiler optimizations) that prevent code rot and #defines (and perhaps static const int var= which in c++ or other compilers may be

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread Andrew Fish
On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:05 PM, "David F." wrote: > Thanks Mike. That leads me to the next point of confusion. Is the purpose > of the Platform Configuration Database (PCD) to share variables across > drivers, applications, and/or whatever is launching an app or driver; or is > it just a meth

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread Kinney, Michael D
Andrew, No plans at this time, but that would be a natural extension that would be fairly simple to add. Thanks, Mike From: Andrew Fish [mailto:af...@apple.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:11 PM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread Andrew Fish
On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:44 AM, "Kinney, Michael D" wrote: > The UEFI Driver Wizard found at the following link also provides easy ways to > create new EDK II packages and add new UEFI drivers to a new package. You > could use that tool to get started and then populate your own UEFI > Applica

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread David F.
From:* David F. [mailto:df7...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:20 AM > *To:* edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using > package system > > ** ** > > Hi, > > So as a test I was abl

Re: [edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread Kinney, Michael D
Applications into your own package. http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=Driver_Developer Best regards, Mike From: David F. [mailto:df7...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:20 AM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [edk2] help getting started creating efi

[edk2] help getting started creating efi x64 application using package system

2013-01-31 Thread David F.
Hi, So as a test I was able to create a x64 EFI application using VS2008 command line by using some of the header files under mdepkg\include and mdepkg\include\X64 along with then genfw to convert the .dll to the .efi. This worked fine. But, I'm thinking it would be nice to use some of the exist