From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-x22d.google.com (mail-io0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4DE581EC2 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:46:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-io0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id 136so62188842iou.3 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:46:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ggKdhulnn29OdEACa75ydmZX7XQTv6hvGfTPfawrMk8=; b=FaTZoiJwkbDr2uPVdqH6qVbWtAq8slBI1Z6GZZYcxhDT4YiZaeZSGP1H9JyPTJKR1O ph5UagO8vEiBw1uk11Rux6UMKvqGRXSBYosc3lfM8wFtOSFq40xgWvzMOaATl2v4Stai N9dyZUhIbN+88MkZOx2dKR3BKiewjKGlm2J+I= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ggKdhulnn29OdEACa75ydmZX7XQTv6hvGfTPfawrMk8=; b=O9TWLm79oBBw7glwQhjH7u6FoiS4R7rIz3qty2oVu5w8s00O8N/XFE4EkimXN9A8vg 39e6tWNOJN6+EfD47gz2OoiIXdr5TnXT1LB7pUQ9+lctWZ1GhYbFrMEbVxLn5dzPrzI9 qagD09724VteeGnFg0bbzCNPnjP1lywYJESidNRymFe9i5h+l6Ec5FherFM/YzsuoZkO M0WBf/G/6J72nP9HiPVhcr39auLPtXMyxsMipcFpSiE6lLKoe6jmN65Ik7IybBtNWvzs 7l14W9ryDkDtrLBuyiVJ4vkAeY6KExGhTUPeHqHmhA8nKNlPmG+l9pcPIrcRXwiAfv+x oOlA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC03/s2+kmMVMyRZOg78S3wTD3Yf3LmaYpRBpapQNQHpLsZCFZN4QeJxxJtCJE1gO1BHFDwhQifNMLEm2LfVK X-Received: by 10.107.2.8 with SMTP id 8mr1066346ioc.83.1481787981986; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:46:21 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.198.67 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:46:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Ard Biesheuvel Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:46:21 +0000 Message-ID: To: Meenakshi Aggarwal Cc: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" , Leif Lindholm Subject: Re: ArmLib : GIC Pcds in "ArmPkg/Library/ArmLib/ArmBaseLib.inf" X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:46:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 15 December 2016 at 04:46, Meenakshi Aggarwal wrote: > Hi, > > > I need to modify GicDistributorBase and GicInterruptInterfaceBase Pcds on run time, so I need these to be dynamic. > But on doing same I am facing errors, because these Pcds are included under [FixedPcd] section in ArmBaseLib.inf and I am using ArmLib. > > > [FixedPcd] > gArmTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGicDistributorBase > gArmTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGicInterruptInterfaceBase > > > Is there any particular reason behind including these Pcds in ArmBaseLib.inf, as ArmLib is not using these Pcds anywhere. > > I removed these Pcds from ArmBaseLib.inf and I didn't face any issue, neither in compilation nor in execution. > > > Please tell me the relevance of including these Pcds in ArmBaseLib.inf. > If they are not used in ArmLib, they should be dropped from the .INF Thanks, Ard,