From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lf0-x22e.google.com (mail-lf0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22e]) (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 A313C1A1E8E for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id b75so86944442lfg.3 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:55:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=aVfZuqTmLjiVhVA6uwkT4kbIVYLTQfJ2acdArwdwYVM=; b=pdjXn05G7S/Jde6eqVvrx/qYksqzVbHvuxdPd/wPCPrlcPQjNs3trC/i4vwerZuIQj +Urj+ElYVBwLL1ovh9Zf7FGfyjmf3X6uB4d8kajvWriVZ+lBgKluNK8/GihExLbVTJz0 7niA2VfuyPBAH9hETIpobQc0jZby6ixXnpHdjNFWFew6Cy6KM8AfJCxMHFVVVOV9qljY e7dEwKY9rUVYL2KpdgEi0f2WnLhsw2aJvPUnV8ZhZstQ99xXz71t49ZAd4UA7LL7L+Yh EsFcTgejVtYg6L8YuZBtnArc4KXZKKSIhzrTsSa8UZ4wDSHkarU/EZlmW3BU7nFh0QLN irPw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=aVfZuqTmLjiVhVA6uwkT4kbIVYLTQfJ2acdArwdwYVM=; b=IhJ54B6j7SK5BmxIoS9g/neVNI4847aAaVNVhptWKcL3lg5fXGOh4aNiOVBy1mRgkL /z3zoX84gMRQ4GgyV9+FhdiVqwEFvp1rysn3UAT5n/8qoSvqbasDGX7D1Htqzh5VSnoD 3MKVRs2JC3awMscG3gOXYMI6EIr01VwFNd7UPwv9tIf+8WnY0Bo866+PWbZI0lflZTBU HfWsTZkmSLeN7mk5G/K7rhS/UNF7PEUY7RjSay5v2VCK0bkCGPhIzU6r/LhIrikakXHb OCWZImsm5RZF+DJJlLhyxQtyyYCyi2OV3qrslCFChcztAaM88PLaMD7ncKMNX92DhQtL 0tdw== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rk4gef4koA/VqGvBOAXY7SyAQBWmjMDDfjKFYzSWLPyqHITmbxPmq5tzYOznbI5oTgoo5gJL/m2kJiiUg== X-Received: by 10.194.19.130 with SMTP id f2mr3218817wje.107.1476294907243; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:55:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.65.135 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:55:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <80AC2BAA3152784F98F581129E5CF5AF6648EEAA@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <80AC2BAA3152784F98F581129E5CF5AF6648EEAA@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com> From: Michael Zimmermann Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:55:06 +0200 Message-ID: To: "Richardson, Brian" Cc: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 Subject: Re: Format a volume in UEFI (or delete all files) 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: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:55:10 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 depending on his use case it can be unnecessary to do a low level FS format though(he said that he just wants to delete all files). It can also become problematic if you consider that the original filesystem doesn't have to be FAT. Thanks Michael On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Richardson, Brian < brian.richardson@intel.com> wrote: > There is an effort to move these tools to EDK II. More news as it happens. > > Thanks ... br > --- > Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software > brian.richardson@intel.com -- http://evangelists.intel.com/ > bio/Brian_Richardson_ > > -----Original Message----- > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of > Blibbet > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:42 PM > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org > Subject: Re: [edk2] Format a volume in UEFI (or delete all files) > > > > On 10/12/2016 10:34 AM, GN Keshava wrote: > > Thanks Laszlo, I'll check it out. > > > > I think I need to combine the LS implementation and RM implementation, > > isn't it? So there is no "format this volume" function or command > > exists, right? > > The commands do exist. But they're not in Tianocore, and have non-BSD > license, owned by Intel not UEFI Forum. > > http://www.intel.com/technology/efi/agree_diskutil.htm > https://firmwaresecurity.com/2015/09/26/intel-efi-disk-utilities/ > > But the license is not BSD. It even has a password-protected ZIP, making > you read the outer zip's readme for the password. > > I presume whoever wrote this code at Intel may've read the sources to the > Microsoft FAT Windows file system code, thus the harsh license. > > But now that Microsoft has relicensed the UEFI FAT FS driver, has anyone > considered relicense the code to these tools too? > > Lee > (former Microsoft file system PM) > > > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel >