[edk2-devel] [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder

[Kirkendall, Garrett]

We have recently been evaluating the merits of MinPlatformPkg.  We would welcome a MinPlatformPkg that is more accessible.

GARRETT KIRKENDALL
SMTS Firmware Engineer
7171 Southwest Parkway, Austin, TX 78735 USA 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desimone, Nathaniel L <nathaniel.l.desimone at intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:17 PM
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> Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at arm.com>; Kirkendall, Garrett
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> Subject: [RFC] Request to move MinPlatformPkg out of the Intel folder
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> 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


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