FW: [staging/UEFI_Redfish][PATCH v2] Announce to create "UEFI_Redfish" branch in edk2-staging.

["Wu, Jiaxin" <jiaxin.wu@intel.com>]

+ Stephano and forward to new list.

Hi All,

UEFI_Redfish branch has been created on edk2-staging to develop the UEFI Redfish feature: 
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-staging/tree/UEFI_Redfish

If you need any support, please send the email to edk2-devel mailing list by following edk2-satging process.

Thanks,
Jiaxin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Jiaxin
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:19 AM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>; Rothman, Michael A
> <michael.a.rothman@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Li, Ruth <ruth.li@intel.com>; Ye, Ting
> <ting.ye@intel.com>; Fu, Siyuan <siyuan.fu@intel.com>; Wang, Fan
> <fan.wang@intel.com>; Wu, Jiaxin <jiaxin.wu@intel.com>
> Subject: [staging/UEFI_Redfish][PATCH v2] Announce to create
> "UEFI_Redfish" branch in edk2-staging.
> 
> v2: Resend the patch as diff adding instead of modifying.
> 
> UEFI_Redfish branch is to develop the UEFI Redfish feature. The code base
> of development is based on the release of edk2-stable201811 tag. Please
> refer to the patch of Readme.md to get the detailed feature introduction.
> 
> Note: The branch will be created by the end of Jan 28th if no objection.
> 
> Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
> Cc: Rothman Michael A <michael.a.rothman@intel.com>
> Cc: Kinney Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Li Ruth <ruth.li@intel.com>
> Cc: Ye Ting <ting.ye@intel.com>
> Cc: Fu Siyuan <siyuan.fu@intel.com>
> Cc: Wang Fan <fan.wang@intel.com>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> Signed-off-by: Wu Jiaxin <jiaxin.wu@intel.com>
> ---
>  Readme.md | 85
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>  1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Readme.md
> 
> diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..b9b5ab38e2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Readme.md
> @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
> +This branch is used to develop the **UEFI Redfish Feature**. The code
> base of development is based on the release of **edk2-stable201811** tag.
> +
> +The branch owner:
> +Fu Siyuan <siyuan.fu@intel.com>, Ye Ting <ting.ye@intel.com>, Wang Fan
> <fan.wang@intel.com>, Wu Jiaxin <jiaxin.wu@intel.com>
> +
> +## Introduction
> +UEFI Redfish is an efficient and secure solution for end users to remote
> control and configure UEFI pre-OS environment by leveraging the RESTful API.
> It's simple for end users to access the data from UEFI firmware defined in
> JSON format.
> +
> +One of the design goals for UEFI Redfish solution is to provide a scalable
> implementation which allow users to easily add/remove/modify each
> independent Redfish configure features (RedfishBiosDxe &
> RedfishBootInfoDxe). This is done by extracting the generic logic to a single
> UEFI driver model driver (RedfishConfigDxe), and several library instances
> (DxeRedfishLib & BaseJsonLib).
> +
> +#### Supported Features
> +  * Protocols
> +    * EFI RestEx Service Binding Protocol
> +    * EFI RestEx Protocol
> +    * Redfish ConfigHandler Protocol
> +    * Redfish Credential Protocol
> +
> +  * Configuration Items via UEFI Redfish
> +    * [ISCSI Boot Keywords](http://www.uefi.org/confignamespace).
> +    * HII Opcodes/Questions marked with REST_SYTLE flag or in REST_SYTLE
> formset.
> +    * BootOrder/BootNext variables.
> +
> +  * Redfish Schemas
> +    *
> [AttributeRegistry](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/v1/AttributeRegistry.v
> 1_1_0.json)
> +    *
> [ComputerSystemCollection](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/ComputerS
> ystemCollection.json)
> +    *
> [ComputerSystem](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/v1/ComputerSystem.
> v1_5_0.json)
> +    * [Bios](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/v1/Bios.v1_0_2.json)
> +    *
> [BootOptionCollection](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/BootOptionCollec
> tion.json)
> +    *
> [BootOption](https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/BootOption.v1_0_0.json)
> +
> +    If any additional Redfish Schema or a new version of above Schemas are
> required to be supported, please send the email to edk2-devel mailing list by
> following [edk2-satging process](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-
> staging).
> +
> +#### Related Modules
> +  The following modules are related to UEFI Redfish solution,
> **RedfishPkg** is the new package to support UEFI Redfish solution:
> +  * **RedfishPkg\RestExDxe\RestExDxe.inf** - UEFI driver to enable
> standardized RESTful access to resources from UEFI environment.
> +
> +  * **RedfishPkg\Library\DxeRedfishLib** - Library to
> Create/Read/Update/Delete (CRUD) resources and provide basic query
> abilities by using [URI/RedPath](https://github.com/DMTF/libredfish).
> +
> +  * **RedfishPkg\Library\BaseJsonLib** - Library to encode/decode JSON
> data.
> +
> +  * **RedfishPkg\RedfishConfigDxe\RedfishConfigDxe.inf** - UEFI driver to
> execute registered Redfish Configuration Handlers:
> +
> +    * **RedfishPkg\Features\RedfishBiosDxe\RedfishBiosDxe.inf** - DXE
> driver to register Redfish configuration handler to process "Bios" schema and
> "AttributeRegistry" schema.
> +
> +    *
> **RedfishPkg\Features\Features\RedfishBootInfoDxe\RedfishBootInfoDxe.
> inf** - DXE driver to register Redfish configuration handler to process Boot
> property defined in "ComputerSystem" schema.
> +
> +  * Platform Components for NT32:
> +    * **Nt32Pkg\RedfishPlatformDxe\RedfishPlatformDxe.inf** - UEFI
> sample platform driver for NT32 to fill the SMBIOS table 42 and publish
> Redfish Credential info.
> +
> +    *
> **Nt32Pkg\Application\RedfishPlatformConfig\RedfishPlatformConfig.inf**
> - UEFI application for NT32 to publish Redfish Host Interface Record.
> +
> +  * Misc
> +   * BaseTools - VfrCompile changes to support Rest Style Formset/Flag.
> +
> +   * MdePkg - Headers related to Rest Style Formset/Flag.
> +
> +   * MdeModulePkg - Extract more general APIs in UefiHiiLib & DxeHttpLib &
> DxeNetLib.
> +
> +   * NetworkPkg -  1) UefiPxeBcDxe & HttpBootDxe: Consume new APIs
> defined in DxeHttpLib & DxeNetLib. 2) HttpDxe: Cross-Subnet support. 3)
> IScsiDxe: REST Style FORMSET support.
> +
> +   * Nt32Pkg - 1) Enable UEFI Redfish feature in NT32 platform. 2) Fix TLS
> build error with CryptoPkg from edk2-stable201811 tag.
> +
> +
> +## Promote to edk2 Trunk
> +If a subset feature or a bug fix in this staging branch could meet below
> requirement, it could be promoted to edk2 trunk and removed from this
> staging branch:
> +* Meet all edk2 required quality criteria.
> +* Support both IA32 and X64 Platform.
> +* Ready for product integration.
> +
> +## Timeline
> +| Time | Event | Related Modules |
> +|:----:|:-----:|:--------------:|
> +| 2019.01 | Initial open source release of UEFI Redfish feature. | Refer to
> "Related Modules" |
> +|...|...|...|
> +
> +## Related Materials
> +1. DSP0270 - Redfish Host Interface Specification, 1.0.1
> +
> +2. DSP0266 - Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API Specification,
> 1.5.0
> +
> +3. UEFI Configuration Namespace Registry -
> http://www.uefi.org/confignamespace
> +
> +4. Redfish Schemas - https://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/v1/
> +
> +5. UEFI Specification - http://uefi.org/specifications
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