[edk2-devel] [PATCH v1] OvmfPkg: Add build options for 8MB and 16MB X64 OVMF images

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 05/27/21 12:12, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 05/26/21 19:08, Devon Bautista wrote:
>> Currently, the largest volume size for building OVMF images is 4MB. With
>> the growth of the Linuxboot project, maintainers have had to maintain a
>> fork containing this patch which allows larger image sizes in order for
>> Linuxboot developers/users to have enough space to experiment with
>> and test including their own Linux kernel in the DXE section of OVMF
>> firmware. Testing using OVMF is valuable since it allows testing in QEMU
>> and thus does not require any hardware to do so.
>>
>> This patch allows specifying '-D FD_SIZE_8MB' or '-D FD_SIZE_16MB' to
>> the OVMF build script in order to add the ability to build 8MB or 16MB
>> x86_64 (X64) OVMF images, respectively.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Devon Bautista <dbautista at newmexicoconsortium.org>
>> ---
>>  OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgDefines.fdf.inc | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc         | 10 +++++++++-
>>  OvmfPkg/VarStore.fdf.inc       | 16 ++++++++--------
>>  3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>

> I'm providing minimal feedback here just to get this review off my plate
> as quickly as possible. Sorry, I'm collapsing under my TODO list.

PS: please file a tianocore feature request at <https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/>, and please link the current (v1) posting into it (in a new bugzilla comment), with the following URLs:

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/75666
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/edk2-devel-archive/2021-May/msg01106.html
http://mid.mail-archive.com/7bfd4b82fc725302beb37e13c4a89d389c34ec34.1622048433.git.dbautista@newmexicoconsortium.org

Thanks!
Laszlo



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