Re: [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder

["Abner Chang" <abner.chang@hpe.com>]

That makes sense to move out MinPlatformPkg to under the vendor neutral folder if it is not Intel specific. On RISC-V, we have Platforms/RISC-V/PlatformPkg and the vendor neutral folder of RISC-V platform (e.g. Platforms/SiFive) which could leverage the driver/lib provided by RISC-V PlatformPkg.

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> From: Desimone, Nathaniel L [mailto:nathaniel.l.desimone@intel.com]
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> Subject: [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> This has come up informally a couple of times already, but I do think that it
> would be beneficial to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Platform/Intel folder
> and into a vendor neutral folder. MinPlatform really isn't Intel specific, it's
> just "middleware" that is intended to make it easier and faster to build EDK II
> based firmware. We have always intended MinPlatform to be vendor neutral,
> and it would be great to see MinPlatform based implementations for non-
> Intel silicon. Anyone working with EDK II should feel welcome to work with us
> on MinPlatform, regardless of the SoC in use.
> 
> To that end, I propose that we move MinPlatformPkg out of edk2-
> platforms/Platform/Intel to edk2-platforms/Platform/MinPlatformPkg. It
> might also make sense to move edk2-platforms/Platform/Intel/Tools and
> edk2-platforms/Platform/Intel/build_bios.py to edk2-platforms/Platform as
> well since those are all useful for building MinPlatform based firmware, but I
> could also see that being something for another time. Let me know what you
> think!
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate