Re: [RFC V2] EDK2 Platform Proposal

[Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@nxp.com>]

> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> Kinney, Michael D
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 2:25 AM

> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> Here is the V2 version of the proposal for the edk2-platforms repo.
> 
> 
> 
> Changes from V1:
> 
> ================
> 
> * edk2-platform is not a fork of edk2.
> 
> * edk2-platforms branches contain CPU, Chipset, SoC, and platform
> specific
> 
>   packages
> 
> * edk2-plaforms/master contains all open platforms that are synced with
> 
>   edk2/master.
> 
> * Each edk2-platforms branch may support many platforms (not just one)
> 
> * Use PACKAGES_PATH to do builds using packages from multiple
> repositories
> 
> * Update edk2-platforms branch naming to clearly identify platforms
> that
> 
>   are considered stable and platforms that are under active
> development.
> 
> * edk2 developers may be required to verify platforms in edk2-platforms
> 
>   builds as part of test criteria.  Especially platforms that are
> intended
> 
>   to be used with edk2/master in edk2-platforms/stable-* branches.
> 
> 
> 
> =================
> 
> 
> 
> Similar to edk2-staging, we also have a need to manage platforms
> 
> that have been ported to edk2.  Jordan has created a repository
> 
> called edk2-platforms and has created a branch for the
> 
> minnowboard-max that uses a validated release of the UDK 2015 for
> 
> the dependent packages:
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> 
> 
> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms
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> 
> 
> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/minnowboard-max-
> udk2015

[Bhupesh] This link seems broken. I get a 404 error while trying to acess
this branch. Does it require some special privileges.

Regards,
Bhupesh

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