This ReadMe.md describes the Azure DevOps based Platform CI for EmulatorPkg and how to use the same Pytools based build infrastructure locally.
This solution for building and running EmulatorPkg has only been validated with Windows 10 with VS2019 and Ubuntu 18.04 with GCC5 toolchain. Two different firmware builds are supported and are described below.
Configuration name | Architectures | DSC File | Additional Flags |
---|---|---|---|
IA32 | IA32 | EmulatorPkg.dsc | None |
X64 | X64 | EmulatorPkg.dsc | None |
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For building Basetools and other host applications
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make uuid-dev
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For building ARCH IA32 on X64 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS these steps where needed.
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libc6-dev:i386 libx11-dev:i386 libxext-dev:i386 lib32gcc-7-dev
Note: edksetup, Submodule initialization and manual installation of NASM, iASL, or the required cross-compiler toolchains are not required, this is handled by the Pytools build system.
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[Optional] Create a Python Virtual Environment - generally once per workspace
python -m venv <name of virtual environment>
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[Optional] Activate Virtual Environment - each time new shell opened
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Linux
source <name of virtual environment>/bin/activate
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Windows
<name of virtual environment>/Scripts/activate.bat
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Install Pytools - generally once per virtual env or whenever pip-requirements.txt changes
pip install --upgrade -r pip-requirements.txt
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Initialize & Update Submodules - only when submodules updated
stuart_setup -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG> -a <TARGET_ARCH>
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Initialize & Update Dependencies - only as needed when ext_deps change
stuart_update -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG> -a <TARGET_ARCH>
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Compile the basetools if necessary - only when basetools C source files change
python BaseTools/Edk2ToolsBuild.py -t <ToolChainTag>
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Compile Firmware
stuart_build -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG> -a <TARGET_ARCH>
- use
stuart_build -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py -h
option to see additional options like--clean
- use
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Running Emulator
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You can add
--FlashRom
to the end of your build command and the emulator will run after the build is complete. -
or use the
--FlashOnly
feature to just run the emulator.stuart_build -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG> -a <TARGET_ARCH> --FlashOnly
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- Configuring ACTIVE_PLATFORM and TARGET_ARCH in Conf/target.txt is not required. This
environment is set by PlatformBuild.py based upon the
[-a <TARGET_ARCH>]
parameter.
NOTE: Logging the execution output will be in the normal stuart log as well as to your console.
MAKE_STARTUP_NSH=TRUE will output a startup.nsh file to the location mapped as fs0. This is
used in CI in combination with the --FlashOnly
feature to run the Emulator to the UEFI shell and then execute
the contents of startup.nsh.
To pass build defines through stuart_build, prepend BLD_*_
to the define name and pass it on the
command-line. stuart_build currently requires values to be assigned, so add an=1
suffix for bare defines.
For example, to enable the IP6 Network Stack, the stuart_build command-line would be:
stuart_build -c EmulatorPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py BLD_*_NETWORK_IP6_ENABLE=1