Re: [edk2-devel] Removal of VS2015 (and maybe VS2017) and deprecated toolchains (GCC48, GCC49, GCC5)

["Rebecca Cran via groups.io" <rebecca=os.amperecomputing.com@groups.io>]

All of them including GCC 4.8 and 4.9?


Rebecca


On 11/22/2024 2:08 PM, Michael D Kinney via groups.io wrote:
> Hi Rebecca,
>
> Yes.  I have collected feedback.  I have found some use of these toolchains.
>
> I do not have a date when the move to newer toolchains will be completed.
>
> Mike
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2024 9:05 PM
>> To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>;
>> devel@edk2.groups.io; leif.lindholm@oss.qualcomm.com
>> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] Removal of VS2015 (and maybe VS2017) and
>> deprecated toolchains (GCC48, GCC49, GCC5)
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if you'd been able to collect any feedback or review the
>> proposal?
>>
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>>
>> On 10/23/24 9:23 PM, Kinney, Michael D wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I will need more time to review this impacts of this proposal.
>>>
>>> Can we extend the timeline for comments to mid November.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Leif
>>>> Lindholm via groups.io
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 5:15 AM
>>>> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; rebecca@bsdio.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] Removal of VS2015 (and maybe VS2017) and
>>>> deprecated toolchains (GCC48, GCC49, GCC5)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 at 12:19, Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> wrote:
>>>>> In addition, since GCC48, GCC49 and GCC5 have been marked deprecated
>>>> for
>>>>> over a year, I'd like to proceed with removing them as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please provide feedback by Thursday October 31st. In the absence of
>>>>> feedback I'll plan to proceed with removing VS2015, GCC48, GCC49 and
>>>> GCC5.
>>>>
>>>> No comment on the VS ones, but for the GCC ones, I'm all for it.
>>>>
>>>> We might also want to raise an issue on deleting workarounds put into
>>>> place for ancient toolchains.
>>>> For gcc48/49 that was redundant initialization due to broken
>>>> use-uninitialized detection.
>>>> e.g.
>>>>
>> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/OvmfPkg/Library/X86QemuLoa
>>>> dImageLib/X86QemuLoadImageLib.c#L346
>>>>
>>>> /
>>>>       Leif
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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