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X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:41:02 -0000 Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable EDK2 community, When developing/testing UEFI and you can easily choose betw= een using OVMF and Nt32, which do you choose and why? When is OVMF better/= easier to use than Nt32 and vice versa? I ask because I am giving an internal presentation to our n= ewer employees. I've used one over the other for personal reasons, but I'd= like to hear your thoughts and learn something new. Regards, Thomas Palmer Firmware Engineer Enterprise Group Industry Standard Servers thomas.palmer@hpe.com T +1 281 518 2564 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 11445 Compaq Center Drive West Houston, TX 77070-1433 USA [cid:image001.jpg@01D1CF0D.54B64190]