Hello there,

Some good advice, and thank you! I might add it to the other virtIO*
drivers if I can figure out a good template for that.

One thing I'm running into right now is that my build setup is
currently unable to build MdeModulePkg (which is required to build
OVMF, according to the readme). I've reported it on the bugzilla; its
issue 3289. This doesn't appear to occur on Linux, however, which is
odd.

Are there any suggestions that you guys have for improving my
proposal? I didn't want to write too much or go overboard, like
explaining how the sound driver would work and such, since I assumed
-- while writing it -- that anyone who wanted to know those inner
details would go read the VirtIO specification. But I'd appreciate any
extra feedback before I submit my final version; I haven't made any
changes since my initial proposal as of yet.

On 3/31/21, Nate DeSimone <nathaniel.l.desimone@intel.com> wrote:

Another option is to put the protocol definition in MdeModulePkg and mark it

with the EDKII_ prefix. For my last “code first” UEFI spec contribution I

did this with the PPI that added up getting added.

Thanks,

Nate

From: <devel@edk2.groups.io> on behalf of "Andrew Fish via groups.io"

<afish=apple.com@groups.io>

Reply-To: "devel@edk2.groups.io" <devel@edk2.groups.io>, "afish@apple.com"

<afish@apple.com>

Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 10:54 PM

To: edk2-devel-groups-io <devel@edk2.groups.io>, "harlydavidsen@gmail.com"

<harlydavidsen@gmail.com>

Cc: Rafael Rodrigues Machado <rafaelrodrigues.machado@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] VirtIO Sound Driver (GSoC 2021)

On Mar 30, 2021, at 5:01 PM, Ethin Probst

<harlydavidsen@gmail.com<mailto:harlydavidsen@gmail.com>> wrote:

I'm wondering where exactly I should add the VirtIO sound protocol. I

just familiarized myself with the build system and am about to test it

by building OVMF if possible, but I'm wondering where I should

actually put the protocol and all that stuff. Maybe there's

documentation I've missed as well.

Ethin,

For the driver I’d match the patter of OVMF [1] and use

OvmfPkg/VirtioSoundDxe/. Maybe even use one of the other drivers as a

template.

The protocol is more of a public thing. I think eventually we would like to

publish the protocol in the UEFI Spec (I can help with that part) and that

would mean we put the Protocol definition in MdePkg/Include/Protocol, but we

don’t want to do that before it is standardized as that causes compatibility

issues. So this is a “code first project” (code prototype and then

contribute to the UEFI Forum for inclusion in the specification) so we need

to follow some code first rules that I don’t remember of the top of my head?

So why not start out the protocol definition OvmfPkg/Include/Protocol. You

can also add a test application looks like you can just use the root [2] of

OVMF for that. That way the project is not blocked.

We can have a conversation on the mailing list about better places to put

stuff, and it should be easy enough to move stuff around if everything else

is working.

[1] find OvmfPkg  -iname '*Virtio*.inf'

OvmfPkg/VirtioPciDeviceDxe/VirtioPciDeviceDxe.inf

OvmfPkg/VirtioScsiDxe/VirtioScsi.inf

OvmfPkg/Library/VirtioMmioDeviceLib/VirtioMmioDeviceLib.inf

OvmfPkg/Library/VirtioLib/VirtioLib.inf

OvmfPkg/VirtioGpuDxe/VirtioGpu.inf

OvmfPkg/VirtioBlkDxe/VirtioBlk.inf

OvmfPkg/Virtio10Dxe/Virtio10.inf

OvmfPkg/VirtioNetDxe/VirtioNet.inf

OvmfPkg/VirtioRngDxe/VirtioRng.inf

[2] /Volumes/Case/edk2-github/OvmfPkg>git grep APPLICATION -- *.inf | grep

MODULE_TYPE

EnrollDefaultKeys/EnrollDefaultKeys.inf:13:  MODULE_TYPE

= UEFI_APPLICATION

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

On 3/30/21, Ethin Probst via groups.io<http://groups.io/>

<harlydavidsen=gmail.com@groups.io<mailto:harlydavidsen=gmail.com@groups.io>>

wrote:

I agree. Plus, it gives me a chance to finally learn the EDK2 build

system and how it works! I've been working on a hobby OS as a side

project and, though learning from other code examples from OSes is

fun, I have to say that learning from the firmware code like from

SeaBIOS has been some of the most enlightening and interesting times

thus far.

Thanks for the link to your code, Rafael; once I get virtIO support

in, I can work on HDA support, though I might tackle USB support

second and HDA third. We'll see, but VirtIO definitely is coming

first.

As I said before, I look forward to working with all of you wonderful

people!

On 3/30/21, Rafael Rodrigues Machado

<rafaelrodrigues.machado@gmail.com<mailto:rafaelrodrigues.machado@gmail.com>>

wrote:

This would be amazing so people can continue my work related to

accessibility at BIOS. Something desired by the blind people since the

90's

Just for reference, this is what I have done:

https://github.com/RafaelRMachado/Msc_UefiHda_PreOs_Accessibility

Thanks

Rafael

Em seg, 29 de mar de 2021 20:24, Ethin Probst <harlydavidsen@gmail.com>

escreveu:

Hello everyone,

This is the first time I've ever contributed to EDK2. As part of GSoC

2021, I have submitted a proposal to implement a UEFI audio output

protocol that will utilize the VirtIO sound driver. I've already

submitted a draft proposal, and apologize if I've done things out of

order. This is my first time doing GSoC 2021, and contributing to EDK2

felt like a really fun thing to do!

I look forward to working with you guys on this and any future projects!

:-)

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