[edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/9] BaseTools, CryptoPkg, MdePkg, OvmfPkg: Delete CLANG35, CLANG38 and update CLANGDWARF, delete VS 2008-2013, EBC

[Ard Biesheuvel]

Hello Rebecc,

Thanks for working on this - the toolchain definitions are not the
most fun part of the project.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 at 02:30, Rebecca Cran <rebecca at bsdio.com> wrote:
>
> Update the toolchain definitions:
>
> - Delete the CLANG35 and CLANG38 toolchains, and replace CLANG38 with
>   CLANGDWARF, updating it to support ARM and AARCH64 in addition to X64
> and IA32.
>
> - Remove VS2008, VS2010, VS2012 and VS2013.
>
> - Remove EBC compiler definitions. Full removal of EBC support from the
>   various packages etc. will be done in a follow-up patch series.
>
> - Remove unused IPHONE_TOOLS and SOURCERY_CYGWIN_TOOLS definitions.
>

Please add some motivation as to *why* these changes improve upon the
current situation. Removing stuff is generally a good thing, but it
makes a difference whether keeping it is problematic or it whether is
just janitorial work.

> Personal GitHub PR: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/4158
> GitHub branch: https://github.com/bcran/edk2/tree/clangdwarf
>
> Rebecca Cran (9):
>   OvmfPkg: Replace static struct initialization with ZeroMem call
>   CryptoPkg: Add CLANGDWARF and remove CLANG35 and CLANG38 compiler
>     flags
>   BaseTools: Update CLANGDWARF toolchain and remove CLANG35 and CLANG38
>   BaseTools: Remove VS2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013 toolchain definitions
>   BaseTools: Remove VS2008-VS2013 remnants
>   MdePkg: Remove VS2008-VS2013 remnants
>   edksetup.bat: Remove VS2008-VS2013 remnants
>   BaseTools: Remove unused IPHONE_TOOLS and SOURCERY_CYGWIN_TOOLS defs
>   BaseTools: Remove EBC (EFI Byte Code) compiler definitions
>
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/BaseCryptLib.inf             |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/PeiCryptLib.inf              |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/RuntimeCryptLib.inf          |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/SecCryptLib.inf              |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/SmmCryptLib.inf              |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/BaseCryptLib/UnitTestHostBaseCryptLib.inf |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/OpensslLib.inf                 |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/OpensslLibAccel.inf            |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/OpensslLibCrypto.inf           |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/OpensslLibFull.inf             |    3 +-
>  CryptoPkg/Library/OpensslLib/OpensslLibFullAccel.inf        |    3 +-
>  MdePkg/Include/Ia32/ProcessorBind.h                         |    8 +-
>  MdePkg/Include/X64/ProcessorBind.h                          |    8 +-
>  OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformInitLib/MemDetect.c                 |    4 +-
>  BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template                           | 1572 +++-----------------
>  BaseTools/Scripts/SetVisualStudio.bat                       |   22 +-
>  BaseTools/Scripts/ShowEnvironment.bat                       |   44 -
>  BaseTools/get_vsvars.bat                                    |   13 -
>  BaseTools/set_vsprefix_envs.bat                             |   64 -
>  BaseTools/toolsetup.bat                                     |   24 +-
>  edksetup.bat                                                |    6 +-
>  21 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 1606 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>


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