[edk2-devel] Update NASM to stable release 2.15.05
Andrew Fish via groups.io
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Wed Oct 20 18:05:04 UTC 2021
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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