From: Michael Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>,
Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>,
Kevin W Shaw <kevin.w.shaw@intel.com>
Subject: [edk2-BuildSpecification PATCH] Clarify that values of unused PCD are not evaluated
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 20:08:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1495854522-20180-2-git-send-email-michael.d.kinney@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1495854522-20180-1-git-send-email-michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481
Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>
Cc: Kevin W Shaw <kevin.w.shaw@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Michael Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
---
13_build_reports/134_platform_summary.md | 5 +++++
README.md | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/13_build_reports/134_platform_summary.md b/13_build_reports/134_platform_summary.md
index e6f2a15..0674141 100644
--- a/13_build_reports/134_platform_summary.md
+++ b/13_build_reports/134_platform_summary.md
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ The first line is required:
Additional lines may be displayed showing default values when the value is not a
default value.
+Since the PCDs in this section are not used by any module, the PCD value is not
+evaluated to determine if it is a valid value or in a value in a valid range.
+Instead, the PCD value from the DSC file, FDF file, or build option are
+displayed exactly as they were entered.
+
### Example
```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16fcc4a..6b6d5b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,3 +212,4 @@ Copyright (c) 2008-2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
| | [#504](https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504) Update build report to support -Y HASH option | |
| | [#508](https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508) Build Spec: Add sections to PCD report for PCDs only used in conditions PCDs that are not used anywhere | |
| | [#480](https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480) Build spec: add description for Override PCD value on the command line | |
+| | [#481](https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481) Build Spec: add clarification for not used Pcd that build tool will not do additional checks on its value | |
--
2.6.3.windows.1
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2017-05-27 3:08 [edk2-BuildSpecification PATCH] Clarify that values of unused PCD are not evaluated Michael Kinney
2017-05-27 3:08 ` Michael Kinney [this message]
2017-05-31 1:49 ` Zhu, Yonghong
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