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From: Tim Lewis <tim.lewis@insyde.com>
To: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
Subject: Using NULL| style library linkable in EDK2
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:29:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7236196A5DF6C040855A6D96F556A53F61597E@msmail.insydesw.com.tw> (raw)

Per the DSC specification (section 2.7), it is not legal to use a NULL| in the LIbraryClasses section.

The reserved library class keyword, NULL is not permitted in any of the [LibraryClasses]
sections. The NULL Library class keyword is only permitted within the [Components] section's
INF file subsection.
However, it appears that this exact construct is not only used, but required for Compiler Intrinsic libraries (such as used in the ARM build in ArmPkg.dsc).

So I suggest that this line in the specification be modified to state "Except for compiler intrinsic libraries, the..."

Thanks,

Tim Lewis
CTO, Insyde Software
www.insyde.com<http://www.insyde.com>



             reply	other threads:[~2017-07-20 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-20 16:29 Tim Lewis [this message]
2017-07-20 17:56 ` Using NULL| style library linkable in EDK2 Kinney, Michael D
2017-07-20 18:01   ` Tim Lewis

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