SUMMARY.md

Summary

• EDK II Build Specification
• Tables
• Figures
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Target Audience
  • 1.3 Terms
  • 1.4 Related Information
  • 1.5 Conventions Used in this Document
• 2 Design Discussion
  • 2.1 Development Environments
  • 2.2 UEFI/PI Firmware Images
  • 2.3 Boot Sequence
  • 2.4 Typical Flash Part Layout
  • 2.5 Generic Build Process
  • 2.6 Creating EFI Images
  • 2.7 SKU Support
• 3 UEFI and PI Image Specification
• 4 EDK II Build Process Overview
  • 4.1 EDK II Build System
  • 4.2 Build Process Overview
  • 4.3 Pre-Build Stage Overview
  • 4.4 Creating Binary EFI Images - $(MAKE) stage
  • 4.5 Post-Build Stage
  • 4.6 File Specifications
  • 4.7 File Extensions
• 5 Meta-Data File Specifications
  • 5.1 Build Meta-Data File Formats
  • 5.2 tools_def.txt
  • 5.3 target.txt File
• 6 Quick Start
  • 6.1 Environment Variables
  • 6.2 Build Scope
• 7 Build Environment
  • 7.1 Build Scope
  • 7.2 Third Party Tools
  • 7.3 GUIDed Tools
• 8 Pre-Build AutoGen Stage
  • 8.1 Overview
  • 8.2 Auto-generation Process
  • 8.3 Auto-generated code
  • 8.4 Auto-generated PCD Database File
  • 8.5 Auto-generated Makefiles
  • 8.6 Binary Modules
  • 8.7 Generated AsBuilt INF Files
• 9 Build or $(MAKE) Stage
  • 9.1 Overview
  • 9.2 Preprocess/Trim
  • 9.3 Compile/Assembly
  • 9.4 Static Link
  • 9.5 Dynamic Link
  • 9.6 Generate Module Images
  • 9.7 Generate Platform Images
• 10 Post-Build ImageGen Stage - FLASH
  • 10.1 Overview of Flash Device Layout
  • 10.2 Parsing FDF Meta-Data File
  • 10.3 Build Intermediate Images
  • 10.4 Create the FV Image File(s)
  • 10.5 Create the FD image file(s)
  • 10.6 Post Build Processing
• 11 Post-Build ImageGen Stage - Other
  • 11.1 EFI PCI Option ROM Images
  • 11.2 UEFI Applications
  • 11.3 Capsules
• 12 Build Changes and Customizations
  • 12.1 Building for Debug
  • 12.2 Adding Custom Compression Tools
  • 12.3 Using Custom Build Tools
  • 12.4 Customizing Compilation for a Component
  • 12.5 Platform Specific ASL Tools
  • 12.6 Build Reproducibility
• 13 Build Reports
  • 13.1 Build Report Generation Options
  • 13.2 Sample Launch Steps: NT32 platform
  • 13.3 Output
  • 13.4 Platform Summary
  • 13.5 Mixed PCD Section
  • 13.6 Global PCD Section
  • 13.7 FD Section
  • 13.8 Module Section
  • 13.9 Execution Order Prediction Section
• Appendix A Variables
• Appendix B tools_def.txt
• Appendix C target.txt
• Appendix D build.exe command
  • D.1 Overview
  • D.2 Makefile actions
  • D.3 Build Targets and options
  • D.4 Usage
• Appendix E NT32 Platform Emulation
• Appendix F Firmware Volume INF
  • F.1 Firmware Volume INF Description
  • F.2 [Attributes] Section
  • F.3 [Files] Section
  • F.4 [Options] Section
• Appendix G VS2005 Team Suite Performance
  • G.1 Step 1 - Create a new project
  • G.2 Step 2 - Update the project
• Appendix H Module Types
• Appendix I VPD Tool
  • I.1 Build System Output File Format
  • I.2 VPD Tool Map File Format
• Appendix J Makefiles
  • J.1 NMAKE Module Makefile Format
• Appendix K Third Party Tool Flags