[edk2-devel] [RFC] BZ 1837 Enable Windows Firmware Update Driver Tool in Edk2/BaseTools for 201908 stable tag

[Eric Jin]

Hi Leif,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel at edk2.groups.io [mailto:devel at edk2.groups.io] On Behalf Of
> Leif Lindholm
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:47 AM
> To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao at intel.com>
> Cc: Jin, Eric <eric.jin at intel.com>; rfc at edk2.groups.io; devel at edk2.groups.io;
> Feng, Bob C <bob.c.feng at intel.com>; Cetola, Stephano
> <stephano.cetola at intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek (lersek at redhat.com)
> <lersek at redhat.com>; afish at apple.com; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC] BZ 1837 Enable Windows Firmware Update
> Driver Tool in Edk2/BaseTools for 201908 stable tag
> 
> Hi Liming,
> 
> This is the other one. As I said, the fact that we are slipping multiple scripts in
> *just* before freeze is a concern for me.

I realize it is my fault that I don't notify the release plan as early as possible even the BZ1837 is created in May and want to catch 201908 stable tag.

> 
> I have no objection to the code here though.

Thanks.

> 
> I would however request that Sean is set as author on patch 1/2 as he was
> the original author of the script. (This was easy for me to find out because
> the commit message was exemplary.)

In the patch series V2, Sean has been set as author on patch 1/2. Thank you for this valuable suggestion.

Best Regards
Eric

> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Leif
> 
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:49:24PM +0000, Gao, Liming wrote:
> > I see this patch was sent a week ago. This is a standalone tool. There is no
> impact on normal build and boot. I am OK to add it for 201908 stable tag.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Liming
> > From: Jin, Eric
> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 3:09 PM
> > To: rfc at edk2.groups.io
> > Cc: Gao, Liming <liming.gao at intel.com>; Jin, Eric
> > <eric.jin at intel.com>; devel at edk2.groups.io; Feng, Bob C
> > <bob.c.feng at intel.com>
> > Subject: [RFC] BZ 1837 Enable Windows Firmware Update Driver Tool in
> > Edk2/BaseTools for 201908 stable tag
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It is the request to Enable Windows Firmware Update Driver Tool in
> Edk2/BaseTools  and catch the Q3 tag.
> > The new tool will leverage the edk2-pytool-library to generate the cat/inf
> file based on the cap file. The output driver package can be trigged in
> Windows OS to complete capsule update.
> >
> > REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837
> >
> > Patch link: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/topic/32780378#44992
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Eric
> >
> >
> 
> 


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