Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Ovmf: Drop IntelFramework[Module]Pkg dependency

["Wu, Hao A" <hao.a.wu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Hao A
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:06 PM
> To: 'David Woodhouse'; Justen, Jordan L; devel@edk2.groups.io
> Cc: Ni, Ray; Laszlo Ersek; Ard Biesheuvel; Phillips, D Scott
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 0/6] Ovmf: Drop IntelFramework[Module]Pkg
> dependency
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Woodhouse [mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:01 PM
> > To: Wu, Hao A; Justen, Jordan L; devel@edk2.groups.io
> > Cc: Ni, Ray; Laszlo Ersek; Ard Biesheuvel; Phillips, D Scott
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Ovmf: Drop IntelFramework[Module]Pkg
> > dependency
> >
> > On Tue, 2019-06-11 at 07:49 +0000, Wu, Hao A wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > For the series:
> > > [PATCH v2 00/10] Duplicate required CSM components for OVMF
> > > https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/41385
> > >
> > > I sent it out on May 27th, and did not receive a confirmation from David
> > > for about 2 weeks. I think maybe the CSM support on OVMF is no longer
> > > cared, and thus I sent another series today to drop such support:
> > > [PATCH v1 0/2] OVMF: Drop CSM support
> > > https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/42142
> > >
> > > Please help to provide some feedbacks/confirmation on what should I do
> > for
> > > the next step. (This task actually blocks our proposal to remove
> > > IntelFramework[Module]Pkg from edk2.)
> >
> >
> > Apologies for the delay. It wasn't clear that the first series was
> > actually tested by booting with a CSM, and I was reluctant to ack it
> > without knowing that it didn't cause a regression.
> 
> Agree, I understand that.
> 
> >
> > This is, of course, complicated by the fact that I can't actually get a
> > CSM boot to complete at the moment. But it gets a long way into the
> > boot process before something goes wrong, so confirmation that it still
> > gets at least that far with your 'Duplicate required CSM components'
> > series would be good.
> >
> > Is there a git tree I can pull from? I seem to recall that last time I
> > spent serious time working on OVMF, life was horribly complicated by
> > CRLF line endings, and it was extremely painful to just apply patches
> > from email... is that still the case?
> 
> Yes, you can get the first series at:
> https://github.com/hwu25/edk2/commits/ovmf_csm_v2

Hello David,

May I know how long will it take for your verification and acknowledging
the series that duplicate the required CSM modules under OvmfPkg?

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Hao Wu

> 
> Best Regards,
> Hao Wu
> 
> >