Re: [edk2-devel] arm64 support for stuart

["Michael Brown" <mcb30@ipxe.org>]

On 25/01/2023 16:55, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> iasl is a different matter, as we need it to build for arm64 as well.
>> iasl is already available in the arm64 distros, so as I see it, there
>> are 3 options here:
>> - build iasl for Linux/arm64 and add it to the nuget repo
>> - allow a fallback to system-wide iasl (how?)
> 
> Just use the system-wide tools is the best option IMHO.  The packages
> are available in Fedora (other distros should be have them too), on both
> x86_64 and aarch64, we only need to add them to the CI container image.
> So why bother adding nuget builds?

I totally agree with this.  Life is much easier when everything just 
uses the existing system-wide tools.

Deliberately imposing a restriction that CI uses only system-wide tools 
also helps to prevent a project slipping down into the abyss of obscure 
dependencies and multi-GB custom SDK container images.

Thanks,

Michael