Re: EDK2 build using Visual Studio

[Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>]

> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:29 AM, GN Keshava <keshava.gn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Liming,
> 
> Sorry, I mixed up the things :(
> 
> If I try VS2015x86 , I'm getting this error:
> 
> Build environment: Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200
> Build start time: 15:54:28, Jun.08 2017
> 
> build: : warning: Tool chain [VS2015x86] is not defined
> 
> 
> build...
> : error 4000: Not available
>        [VS2015x86] not defined. No toolchain available for build!
> 
> 
> - Failed -
> Build end time: 15:54:28, Jun.08 2017
> Build total time: 00:00:00
> 
> Am I missing anything here?
> 

Keshava,

Is your Conf/tools_def.txt old? Does it match https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template

You may need to run:  Edk2Setup.bat --reconfig

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

> Thanks.
> Regards,
> Keshava
> 
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 at 20:16 Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 5, 2017, at 7:04 AM, Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> _fltused  symbol is generated by compiler. You can just define this
>> symbol in one C file to satisfy the linker like below:
>>> 
>>> int _fltused = 1;
>>> 
>> 
>> Keshava,
>> 
>> Looks like _fltused is emitted by the MSVC to tell the C runtime it needs
>> to link in floating point libraries. EFI edk2 code does not support
>> floating point, so you may run into porting issues from tool chain to
>> toolchain if you use floating point.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Andrew Fish
>> 
>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Liming
>>> From: GN Keshava [mailto:keshava.gn@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 9:04 PM
>>> To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
>>> Cc: Carsey, Jaben <jaben.carsey@intel.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [edk2] EDK2 build using Visual Studio
>>> 
>>> Hi Liming,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>> I had tried this, but was getting errors that I didn't get on VS2008,
>> mainly, error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __fltused
>>> 
>>> I didnt get this error on VS2008, but the same workspace is giving this
>> error on VS2015. :(
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> With regards,
>>> Keshava
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 at 18:13 Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com<mailto:
>> liming.gao@intel.com>> wrote:
>>> Keshava:
>>> You can build platform with -t VS2015 or -t VS2015x86 to enable VS2015
>> tool chain.
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org<mailto:
>> edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org>] On Behalf Of GN Keshava
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 4:23 PM
>>>> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org<mailto:edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
>>>> Cc: Carsey, Jaben <jaben.carsey@intel.com<mailto:jaben.carsey@intel.com
>>>> 
>>>> Subject: [edk2] EDK2 build using Visual Studio
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I was able to build EDK2 using VS2008. Did anyone used VS2015 and built
>> the
>>>> EDK2?
>>>> If yes, I want to know how I can do it.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> With regards,
>>>> Keshava
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