Please refer to Mingyue submitted patch

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/67511

 

Thanks

Yunhua

 

发件人: gaoliming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn> 
发送时间: 2020年12月11日 9:15
收件人: devel@edk2.groups.io; sergey.kiselev@intel.com
抄送: gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn; 'Bob Feng' <bob.c.feng@intel.com>; 'Yunhua
Feng' <fengyunhua@byosoft.com.cn>
主题: 回复: [edk2-devel] EDK2 build errors with Python 3.9

 

Bob and Yunhua:

 I remember you have the patch to fix this issue. Right?

 

Thanks

Liming

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<mailto:bounce+27952+68668+4905953+8761045@groups.io> > 代表 Kiselev, Sergey
发送时间: 2020年12月11日 0:16
收件人: devel@edk2.groups.io <mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> 
主题: [edk2-devel] EDK2 build errors with Python 3.9

 

Hi,

 

The array object in Python 3.9 no longer supports fromstring() and
tostring() methods. EDK2 BaseTools use these methods, and therefore the EDK2
build fails when using Python 3.9. See the trace below.

 

Thanks,
Sergey

 

build.py...

: error C0DE: Tools code failure

        Please send email to devel@edk2.groups.io <mailto:devel@edk2.groups.
io>  for help, attaching following call stack trace!

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\GenFds.py", line
371, in GenFdsApi

    GenFds.GenFd('', FdfParserObj, BuildWorkSpace, ArchList)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\GenFds.py", line
510, in GenFd

    FdObj.GenFd()

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\Fd.py", line 131, in
GenFd

    RegionObj.AddToBuffer (FdBuffer, self.BaseAddress, self.BlockSizeList,
self.ErasePolarity, GenFdsGlobalVariable.ImageBinDict, self.DefineVarDict,
Flag=Flag)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\Region.py", line
134, in AddToBuffer

    FvObj.AddToBuffer(FvBuffer, FvBaseAddress, BlockSize, BlockNum,
ErasePolarity, Flag=Flag)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\Fv.py", line 127, in
AddToBuffer

    FileName = FfsFile.GenFfs(MacroDict, FvParentAddr=BaseAddress,
IsMakefile=Flag, FvName=self.UiFvName)

  File
"C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\FfsFileStatement.py", line
153, in GenFfs

    sectList, align = section.GenSection(OutputDir, self.NameGuid, SecIndex,
self.KeyStringList, None, Dict)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\GuidSection.py",
line 95, in GenSection

    ReturnSectList, align = Sect.GenSection(OutputPath, ModuleName,
SecIndex, KeyStringList, FfsInf, Dict, IsMakefile=IsMakefile)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\FvImageSection.py",
line 108, in GenSection

    FvFileName = Fv.AddToBuffer(Buffer, self.FvAddr, MacroDict = Dict,
Flag=IsMakefile)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\Fv.py", line 127, in
AddToBuffer

    FileName = FfsFile.GenFfs(MacroDict, FvParentAddr=BaseAddress,
IsMakefile=Flag, FvName=self.UiFvName)

  File
"C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\FfsFileStatement.py", line
153, in GenFfs

    sectList, align = section.GenSection(OutputDir, self.NameGuid, SecIndex,
self.KeyStringList, None, Dict)

  File "C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\UiSection.py", line
70, in GenSection

    GenFdsGlobalVariable.GenerateSection(OutputFile, None,
'EFI_SECTION_USER_INTERFACE', Ui=NameString, IsMakefile=IsMakefile)

  File
"C:\edk2-upx\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenFds\GenFdsGlobalVariable.py",
line 466, in GenerateSection

    SectionData.fromstring(Ui.encode("utf_16_le"))

AttributeError: 'array.array' object has no attribute 'fromstring'