From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.50058.1585575765946300546 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:42:46 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: intel.com, ip: 192.55.52.43, mailfrom: liming.gao@intel.com) IronPort-SDR: RIlBri9YRz8ikWrhNoDQsg2TFiViSQWrnDdyAvf8TR9j+VIuG8mkdMww0b89V+ogaHGefdHfyR UDiGadbGnjOQ== X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Mar 2020 06:42:45 -0700 IronPort-SDR: vR/BJzVsJaBVRnFekbOvBFg31/dlJ9qwVsHkC7+sGNjj1LgqZAAThHklJPwHXqQa3R0uA9+MCn sXWPOn6fStyQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.72,324,1580803200"; d="scan'208";a="241618535" Received: from fmsmsx105.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.203]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2020 06:42:45 -0700 Received: from shsmsx602.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.109.6.142) by FMSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.203) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.439.0; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:42:45 -0700 Received: from shsmsx606.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.109.6.216) by SHSMSX602.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.109.6.142) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.1713.5; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:42:43 +0800 Received: from shsmsx606.ccr.corp.intel.com ([10.109.6.216]) by SHSMSX606.ccr.corp.intel.com ([10.109.6.216]) with mapi id 15.01.1713.004; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:42:43 +0800 From: "Liming Gao" To: "devel@edk2.groups.io" , "Yao, Jiewen" , Ard Biesheuvel CC: Laszlo Ersek , Leif Lindholm , "Kinney, Michael D" , "Ni, Ray" , Bret Barkelew Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table Thread-Topic: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table Thread-Index: AQHWA1jKut3SwmYG5UKQaQBaM68ewKhbXJIAgAXO33A= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:42:42 +0000 Message-ID: <216623fab6344881b9958359a1d99f80@intel.com> References: <20200326102443.748-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> <74D8A39837DF1E4DA445A8C0B3885C503F9A0997@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <74D8A39837DF1E4DA445A8C0B3885C503F9A0997@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-version: 11.2.0.6 dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.36] MIME-Version: 1.0 Return-Path: liming.gao@intel.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ack-by: Liming Gao =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: devel@edk2.groups.io On Behalf Of Yao, Jiew= en > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:01 PM > To: Ard Biesheuvel ; devel@edk2.groups.io > Cc: Laszlo Ersek ; Leif Lindholm ;= Kinney, Michael D ; Ni, Ray > ; Bret Barkelew > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI propertie= s table >=20 > Acked-by: Jiewen Yao >=20 > I cannot remember if there is windows OS still using the properties tabl= e. > Maybe Microsoft people can comment. >=20 > If no, I agree we can remove the old code. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ard Biesheuvel > > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:25 PM > > To: devel@edk2.groups.io > > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel ; Laszlo Ersek > > ; Leif Lindholm ; Kinney, Michae= l D > > ; Ni, Ray ; Yao, Jiewen > > ; Bret Barkelew > > Subject: [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table > > > > The EFI properties table is broken by design, deprecated, and seems to= be > > causing confusion as it is unclear to some how it differs from the mem= ory > > attributes table (which supersedes it). So let's get rid of the code t= hat > > generates it entirely, along with the GUID definitions, PCDs etc. > > > > Due to how the two implementations are intertwined, patch #2 makes the > > minimal changes required to stop producing the table (and to allow pat= ch > > #3 to remove the associated definitions from MdePkg). Patch #4 is opti= onal > > and merges the code together. > > > > Cc: Laszlo Ersek > > Cc: Leif Lindholm > > Cc: Michael D Kinney > > Cc: Ray Ni > > Cc: Jiewen Yao > > Cc: Bret Barkelew > > > > Link: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D2633 > > > > Ard Biesheuvel (4): > > OvmfPkg: remove handling of properties table > > MdeModulePkg: disable properties table generation but retain the cod= e > > MdePkg: remove PropertiesTable GUID > > MdeModulePkg/DxeCore: merge properties table routines into MAT > > handling > > > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.h | 9 - > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf | 3 - > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain/DxeMain.c | 1 - > > .../Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryAttributesTable.c | 1226 ++++++++++++++- > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c | 1 - > > MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/PropertiesTable.c | 1373 ----------------= - > > MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec | 24 - > > MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.uni | 21 - > > MdePkg/Include/Guid/PropertiesTable.h | 31 - > > MdePkg/MdePkg.dec | 3 - > > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc | 1 - > > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc | 1 - > > OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc | 1 - > > OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc | 1 - > > OvmfPkg/PlatformPei/Platform.c | 1 - > > OvmfPkg/PlatformPei/PlatformPei.inf | 1 - > > 16 files changed, 1222 insertions(+), 1476 deletions(-) > > delete mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/PropertiesTable.c > > delete mode 100644 MdePkg/Include/Guid/PropertiesTable.h > > > > -- > > 2.17.1 >=20 >=20 >=20