[edk2-devel] Update NASM to stable release 2.15.05
Andrew Fish via groups.io
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Tue Nov 9 18:51:26 UTC 2021
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney at intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> It looks like the EDK II CI agents were updated to use NASM 2.15.05 back in March of this year.
>
> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/0ecdcb6142037dd1cdd08660a2349960bcf0270a/BaseTools/Bin/nasm_ext_dep.yaml
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> So I think the only remaining task is to update the developer documentation to require NASM 2.15.05 as the new minimum required version.
>
> Do you agree?
Yes sounds good.
Thanks,
Andrew Fish
>
> Mike
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Fish <afish at apple.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:05 AM
>> To: edk2-devel-groups-io <devel at edk2.groups.io>; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
>> Cc: rfc at edk2.groups.io
>> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] Update NASM to stable release 2.15.05
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Sounds like a good plan.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew Fish
>>
>>> On Oct 20, 2021, at 9:51 AM, Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney at intel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to propose that we update to a newer version of NASM.
>>>
>>> https://www.nasm.us/
>>>
>>> The most recent stable version is 2.15.05.
>>>
>>> https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/
>>>
>>> NASM 2.15.05 Documentation:
>>>
>>> https://nasm.us/xdoc/2.15.05/html/
>>> https://nasm.us/xdoc/2.15.05/nasmdoc.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> The reason to update is to use a version of NASM that supports
>>> newer instructions that will allow the .nasm files with
>>> DB statements for instructions to be updated to use
>>> instruction names. This improves the readability/maintenance
>>> of the .nasm source files:
>>>
>>> https://nasm.us/xdoc/2.15.05/html/nasmdocb.html#section-B.1.41
>>>
>>> Also, the work on tools such as uncrustify to format source files
>>> require tests to make sure the source format changes do not cause
>>> any functional changes. Compilers support flags for reproducible
>>> builds. NASM 2.15.05 added the --reproducible flag that provides
>>> the same feature for OBJ files produces by NASM.
>>>
>>> https://nasm.us/xdoc/2.15.05/html/nasmdoc2.html#section-2.1.34
>>>
>>>
>>> 2.1.34 The --reproducible Option
>>>
>>> If this option is given, NASM will not emit information that is
>>> inherently dependent on the NASM version or different from run to
>>> run (such as timestamps) into the output file.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if there are any concerns with doing this tool update.
>>> If there are no concerns, I will work on patches required to update
>>> EDK II CI to use NASM 2.15.05 and to update the developer documentation
>>> to require NASM 2.15.05 as the new minimum version.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
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