This ReadMe.md describes the Azure DevOps based Platform CI for OvmfPkg and how to use the same Pytools based build infrastructure locally.
This solution for building and running OvmfPkg has only been validated with Windows 10 with VS2022 and Ubuntu 18.04 with GCC5 toolchain. Four different firmware builds are supported and are described below.
Configuration name | Architectures | DSC File | Additional Flags |
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IA32 | IA32 | OvmfPkgIa32.dsc | None |
X64 | X64 | OvmfPkgIa64.dsc | None |
IA32 X64 | PEI-IA32 DXE-X64 | OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc | None |
IA32 X64 Full | PEI-IA32 DXE-X64 | OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc | SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE=1 SMM_REQUIRE=1 TPM1_ENABLE=1 TPM2_ENABLE=1 NETWORK_TLS_ENABLE=1 NETWORK_IP6_ENABLE=1 NETWORK_HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE=1 |
- GIT - Download & Install
- QEMU - Download, Install, and add to your path
- Edk2 Source
- Additional packages found necessary for Ubuntu 18.04
- apt-get install gcc g++ make uuid-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.
If you are unfamiliar with Pytools, it is recommended to first read through the generic set of edk2 Build Instructions.
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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 OvmfPkg/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 OvmfPkg/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
- To build IA32
stuart_build -c OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py -a IA32 TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG>
- To build X64
stuart_build -c OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py -a X64 TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG>
- To build IA32 X64
stuart_build -c OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py -a IA32,X64 TOOL_CHAIN_TAG=<TOOL_CHAIN_TAG>
- use
stuart_build -c OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py -h
option to see additional options like--clean
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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 OvmfPkg/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. - QEMU must be on your path. On Windows this is a manual process and not part of the QEMU installer.
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 QEMU to the UEFI shell and then execute
the contents of startup.nsh.
QEMU_HEADLESS=TRUE Since CI servers run headless QEMU must be told to run with no display otherwise an error occurs. Locally you don't need to set this.
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 TPM2 support, instead of the traditional "-D E1000_ENABLE", the stuart_build
command-line would be:
stuart_build -c OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/PlatformBuild.py BLD_*_E1000_ENABLE=1