Re: [edk2-devel] Where to put the bhyve code in the edk2 repo: BhyvePkg, or under OvmfPkg?

["Michael D Kinney" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Laszlo,

I prefer all virtual firmware content to go into 
OvmfPkg.  Subdirectories within OvmfPkg for each
type of virtual firmware makes sense to me.

If a developer does not want virtual firmware source in
their local tree, they can use sparse checkout skipping
OvmfPkg.

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On
> Behalf Of Laszlo Ersek
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 8:56 AM
> To: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>; edk2-devel-
> groups-io <devel@edk2.groups.io>
> Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>;
> Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>; Leif Lindholm
> <leif@nuviainc.com>; Ard Biesheuvel (ARM address)
> <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>; Justen, Jordan L
> <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] Where to put the bhyve code
> in the edk2 repo: BhyvePkg, or under OvmfPkg?
> 
> (CC'ing Ard and Jordan.)
> 
> On 05/08/20 17:44, Rebecca Cran wrote:
> > During the Community Meeting last night, I was asked
> to send this email
> > starting a discussion about where to put the bhyve
> code in the edk2
> > tree: whether it should be in a new BhyvePkg, or
> added under OvmfPkg.
> 
> I prefer a top-level BhyvePkg.
> 
> If most edk2 consumers wouldn't like to see a top-level
> BhyvePkg
> directory, I can certainly live with OvmfPkg/Bhyve.
> 
> I can also live with OvmfPkg/Bhyve*,
> OvmfPkg/Library/Bhyve*, etc, modules.
> 
> So I guess these would be my choices in decreasing
> order of preference.
> (To be clear, I consider my option#3 still a lot better
> than not having
> bhyve support in upstream edk2 at all.)
> 
> In either case, "Maintainers.txt" should get a new
> section listing the
> bhyve-specific modules as being under your and Peter
> Grehan's
> reviewership ("R").
> 
> > It
> > appears it's already been decided it should be in
> edk2 along with the
> > other virtual platforms and not edk2-platforms, where
> code for physical
> > platforms will reside.
> 
> I haven't been aware that this is a done deal, but if
> it is, it makes me
> glad! I've always wanted bhyve stuff to be in edk2 and
> not in
> edk2-platforms.
> 
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
> 
> 
>