From: "Chang, Abner via groups.io" <abner.chang=amd.com@groups.io>
To: <devel@edk2.groups.io>
Cc: Paul Grimes <paul.grimes@amd.com>,
Abdul Lateef Attar <AbdulLateef.Attar@amd.com>,
Igniculus Fu <igniculus.fu@amd.com>, Ken Yao <ken.yao@amd.com>,
Eric Xing <eric.xing@amd.com>, Duke Zhai <Duke.Zhai@amd.com>
Subject: [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 2/3] Platform/AMD: Update Readme.md
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 12:12:08 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240523041209.1661-2-abner.chang@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240523041209.1661-1-abner.chang@amd.com>
From: Abner Chang <abner.chang@amd.com>
Cc: Paul Grimes <paul.grimes@amd.com>
Cc: Abdul Lateef Attar <AbdulLateef.Attar@amd.com>
Cc: Igniculus Fu <igniculus.fu@amd.com>
Cc: Ken Yao <ken.yao@amd.com>
Cc: Eric Xing <eric.xing@amd.com>
Cc: Duke Zhai <Duke.Zhai@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Abner Chang <abner.chang@amd.com>
---
Platform/AMD/Readme.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Platform/AMD/Readme.md b/Platform/AMD/Readme.md
index 99d2b990c7..3297c6ba59 100644
--- a/Platform/AMD/Readme.md
+++ b/Platform/AMD/Readme.md
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@ booting certain AMD platforms. The definition of sub-folders is described in bel
## Term and Definitions
+* **AGESA**
+
+ AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture that are executed as part of a
+ host platform BIOS.
+
* **AMD Platform** (platform in short)
- AMD platform refers to a platform that supports the particular AMD SoC (processor), such as AMD EPYC Milan and Genoa processors.
+ AMD platform refers to a platform that supports the particular AMD SoC (processor), such as
+ AMD EPYC Milan and Genoa processors.
* **AMD Board** (board in short)
AMD board is a generic terminology refers to a board that is designed based on a
specific AMD SoC architecture (also referred as AMD platform). More than one boards
- are possibly designed to support an AMD platform with different configuration, such as 1-processor socket or 2-processor sockets board.
+ are possibly designed to support an AMD platform with different configuration, such as
+ 1-processor socket or 2-processor sockets board.
* **AMD edk2 Platform Package** (platform package in short)
-
+
The folder has the AMD edk2 platform common modules.
* **AMD edk2 Board Package** (board package in short)
@@ -28,29 +35,52 @@ booting certain AMD platforms. The definition of sub-folders is described in bel
## Package Definition
+* **AgesaModulePkg**
+
+ This package contains all of the private interfaces and build configuration files for the
+ AGESA support.
+
+* **AgesaPkg**
+
+ This package contains all of the public interfaces and build configuration files
+ for the AGESA support.
+
+* **AmdCbsPkg**
+
+ AMD Configurable BIOS Setting. Provides the edk2 formset following the UEFI HII
+ spec to configure BIOS settings.
+
+* **AmdCpmPkg**
+
+ AMD Common Platform Module software is a BIOS procedure library designed to aid
+ AMD customers to quickly implement AMD platform technology into their products.
+
* **AmdPlatformPkg**
- AMD platform edk2 package under this folder provides the common edk2 modules those
- are leverage by platforms. Usually those modules have no dependencies with
- particular platforms. The module under this scope can provides a common implementation
- for all platforms, or it may just provide a framework but the differences of implementation could be configured through the PCDs declared in AmdPlatformPkg.dec, or
- the board level library provided in the \<Board name\>Pkg.
+ AMD platform edk2 package under this folder provides the common edk2
+ modules that are leveraged by platforms. Usually those modules have no dependencies with
+ particular platforms. Modules under this scope can provide a common implementation
+ for all platforms, or may just provide a framework but the differences of implementation
+ could be configured through the PCDs declared in AmdPlatformPkg.dec, or the board level
+ library provided in the \<Board name\>Pkg.
* **AmdMinBoardPkg**
- This package provides the common edk2 modules those can be leverage across AMD boards those use MinPlatformPkg framework.
+ This package provides the common edk2 modules that can be leveraged across AMD boards using
+ the MinPlatform framework.
* **\<SoC name\>Board**
- This is the folder named by SoC and accommodate one or multiple board packages those
- are designed base on the same SoC platform. <SoC name>Board folder may contain edk2
- package meta files directly or the sub-folders named by \<Board name\>Pkg for a
- variety configurations of a platform.
+ This is the folder named by SoC and accommodates one or multiple board packages
+ that are designed based on the same SoC platform. <SoC name>Board folder may
+ contain edk2 package meta files directly or the sub-folders named by \<Board name\>Pkg for
+ a variety configurations of a platform.
* **<Board name\>Pkg**
- This is the folder that contains edk2 package meta files for a board which is designed base on a platform. Besides the edk2 meta files, <Board name\>Pkg may also provides
- edk2 modules which are specifically to a board.
+ This is the folder that contains edk2 package meta files for a board which is designed base
+ on a platform. Besides the edk2 meta files, <Board name\>Pkg may also provides edk2 modules
+ which are specifically to a board.
```
e.g. OverdriveBoard
@@ -63,6 +93,10 @@ booting certain AMD platforms. The definition of sub-folders is described in bel
```
Platform/AMD
+ |----AgesaModulePkg
+ |----AgesaPkg
+ |----AmdCbsPkg
+ |----AmdCpmPkg
|----AmdPlatformPkg
|----AmdMinBoardPkg
|----OverdriveBoard
--
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2024-05-23 4:12 [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/3] Platform/AMD: Initial commit of cross platform/board interfaces Chang, Abner via groups.io
2024-05-23 4:12 ` Chang, Abner via groups.io [this message]
2024-05-23 7:25 ` [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 2/3] Platform/AMD: Update Readme.md Xing, Eric via groups.io
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2024-05-24 5:02 ` Abdul Lateef Attar via groups.io
2024-05-23 4:12 ` [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 3/3] edk2-platform/Maintainer: Add entries for AMD packages Chang, Abner via groups.io
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2024-05-24 4:46 ` Paul via groups.io
2024-05-23 7:26 ` [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/3] Platform/AMD: Initial commit of cross platform/board interfaces Xing, Eric via groups.io
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