From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received-SPF: Pass (sender SPF authorized) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=192.55.52.43; helo=mga05.intel.com; envelope-from=brian.richardson@intel.com; receiver=edk2-devel@lists.01.org Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8018721F0DA6B for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:15:01 -0800 (PST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2018 13:20:51 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,504,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="19422661" Received: from orsmsx107.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.22.240.5]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2018 13:20:50 -0800 Received: from orsmsx114.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.8.245]) by ORSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.97]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:20:50 -0800 From: "Richardson, Brian" To: "Palmer, Thomas" , "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" Thread-Topic: Poll: When to use OVMF and Nt32? Thread-Index: AdOhDQwfPX3T0y2NQy2/XUMKf7Kw6QDOSr2w Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:20:49 +0000 Message-ID: <80AC2BAA3152784F98F581129E5CF5AFA47498CA@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiZmY0NGNjY2YtYjNhMS00OGU3LTk2NjktNDQ1OTI3MmViZmZhIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE2LjUuOS4zIiwiVHJ1c3RlZExhYmVsSGFzaCI6ImZOM1wvNTNMQU1xK1lVOGdzNkVMdGh6QVhnM3pqaWNwTDVoTjNKU3lob2xVPSJ9 dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.0.116 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.140] MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Poll: When to use OVMF and Nt32? X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:15:02 -0000 Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas: I generally recommend NT32 when developing UEFI applications that don't hav= e dependencies for any specific hardware design/architecture, and only rely= on UEFI Boot Services. OVMF is running on virtualized hardware, so it's better for the following s= cenarios... * Testing boot to an operating system and/or UEFI Runtime services (support= s call to Exit Boot Services) * Testing applications that have a dependency on a specific hardware design= /architecture OVMF is also better for EDK II development under Linux, since NT32 only exe= cutes under Microsoft Windows environments. Thanks ... br --- Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software brian.richardson@intel.com -- @intel_brian (Twitter & WeChat) https://software.intel.com/en-us/meet-the-developers/evangelists/team/brian= -richardson=20 -----Original Message----- From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Palm= er, Thomas Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 1:47 PM To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org Subject: [edk2] Poll: When to use OVMF and Nt32? EDK2 community, When developing/testing UEFI and you can easily choose betw= een using OVMF and Nt32, which do you choose and why? When is OVMF better/= easier to use than Nt32 and vice versa? I ask because I am giving an internal presentation to our n= ewer employees. I've used one over the other for personal reasons, but I'd= like to hear your thoughts and learn something new. Regards, Thomas Palmer Firmware Engineer Enterprise Group Industry Standard Servers thomas.palmer@hpe.com T +1 281 518 2564 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 11445 Compaq Center Drive West Houston, TX 77070-1433 USA [cid:image001.jpg@01D1CF0D.54B64190] _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel