Re: [edk2-rfc] [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder

["Leif Lindholm" <leif@nuviainc.com>]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 23:20:01 +0000, Desimone, Nathaniel L wrote:
> > One thing I think is needed for this to move out of Platform/Intel would be a
> > ReadMe.rst describing the intended real-world use.
> > Some of this lives in Platform/Intel/Readme.md today.
> > Could we start with a set moving this text into a separate file under
> > MinPlatformPkg and rework that into something that stands on its own?
> 
> Yeah agreed, given that the feedback on this RFC has been pretty
> positive thus far, I'm planning on making a patch series for
> this. I'll make these changes part of said patch series.

Sounds good.

> > If I was to bikeshed, I'd probably suggest
> > Platform/TianoCore/MinPlatformPkg. Oops, guess I did.
> 
> Seems a little superfluous to me... isn't edk2-platforms part of TianoCore by definition? 😊

It is. It's just the pattern for everything else in edk2-platforms
(apart from OptionRomPkg, which was just transplanted from edk2)
exists in the form of <section>/$VENDOR/. Platform/MinPlatformPkg
would be the only bare package in Platform/.

> > I think we should see this as a separate step, regardless.
> > 
> > I do think we should be able to do better on sharing some of this platform
> > image tooling cross-architecture (even moreso now Risc-V is involved), but I
> > would prefer for us to spend the effort of identifying the intersections
> > upfront before we start uploading tools to places where they look generic
> > and may confuse people.
> > 
> > Maybe we should raise this part as a BZ?
> 
> Yup, sounds like good next steps to me. I've filed the BZ: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2992

Top man.

Best Regards,

Leif