Hi Laszlo

Thanks for the hint. After adding below (based on inf file posted here),
I am able to see EFI_SECTION_RAW sections getting generated:

[Rule.Common.DXE_DRIVER.ACPITABLE]
  FILE FREEFORM = $(NAMED_GUID) {
    RAW ASL                |.aml
  }


Regards,
Abhishek

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:19 PM Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 01/28/21 12:49, Abhishek Shah via groups.io wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I have an INF file included in top level dsc and fdf files.
> > When I compile them, I see output files .pe32/.depex/.ui (under
> > Output/FV/FFs/)
> > corresponding to one of the source files (namely AcpiPlatform.c).
> >
> > For the other source file, which is an asl file (namely
> SSDT/Ssdt_Sdio.asl);
> > corresponding aml file is generated, but "GenSec" is not running for that
> > file.
> >
> > Expectation is that for the generated aml file, GenSec should generate a
> > raw section (under Output/FV/FFs/) ,
> > so that I could use "GetSectionFromFv" API and get the table.
> > Anything needed to be specified in INF file to generate  EFI_SECTION_RAW
> > section
> > or Am I missing something here?
> >
> > Below is the INF file:
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [Defines]
> >   INF_VERSION                    = 0x00010005
> >   BASE_NAME                      = AcpiPlatfromDxe
> >   FILE_GUID                      = 875bd6b6-606f-11eb-bc63-1fc511f35cd9
> >   MODULE_TYPE                    = DXE_DRIVER
> >   VERSION_STRING                 = 1.0
> >   ENTRY_POINT                    = AcpiPlatformEntryPoint
> >
> > [Sources]
> >   AcpiPlatform.c
> >   SSDT/Ssdt_Sdio.asl
> >
> > [Packages]
> >   ArmPkg/ArmPkg.dec
> >   MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
> >   MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
> >
> > [LibraryClasses]
> >   UefiLib
> >   PcdLib
> >   DebugLib
> >   DxeServicesLib
> >   MemoryAllocationLib
> >   UefiBootServicesTableLib
> >   UefiDriverEntryPoint
> >
> > [Protocols]
> >   gEfiAcpiTableProtocolGuid                     ## ALWAYS_CONSUMED
> >
> > [Depex]
> >   gEfiAcpiTableProtocolGuid
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Do you have something like this in your FDF file:
>
> INF  RuleOverride=ACPITABLE OvmfPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf
>
> [Rule.Common.USER_DEFINED.ACPITABLE]
>   FILE FREEFORM = $(NAMED_GUID) {
>     RAW ACPI               |.acpi
>     RAW ASL                |.aml
>   }
>
> (This is not an exact answer, just a guess.)
>
> Laszlo
>
>