Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 0/3] BaseTools: fix gcc workaround

["Pedro Falcato" <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>]

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Hi Gerd,

These patches are a great idea but I don't know if we can take GPLv2 code
like that. Are they even mergeable into the main edk2 repo (as it's not
compatible with BSD-2-clause)?

Thanks,
Pedro

On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 10:32 AM Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:

> The linux kernel has a bunch of useful macros to check whenever a given
> compiler supports specific flags.  Import them, adapt them for edk2, then
> put them into use to make both gcc5 and gcc12 work for BaseTools.
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> Gerd Hoffmann (3):
>   BaseTools: import compiler check macros from linux kernel
>   BaseTools: adapt comniler checks mmacros for edk2
>   BaseTools: fix gcc workaround
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>  BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile     |  3 +-
>  .../Source/C/Makefiles/compiler.makefile      | 76 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 BaseTools/Source/C/Makefiles/compiler.makefile
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> 2.35.1
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Pedro Falcato

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