audk/BaseTools/ChangeLog.txt

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               Notes for this ChangeLog.txt             !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This log file is used to record two kinds of important information:
 a) "Non-Compatible Changes": all non-compatible changes should be recorded. These info
    will help the package user to merge this package; and some non-compatible changes
    can also be added into release notes as news features when we release this package.
    Normally Non-Compatible Changes contains the following types:
      1) Package's external services were changed/updated
      2) Package's common .h file is renamed, deleted, or the file path is changed.
      3) The definition of package's common data structure is changed
      ...

 b) "Important Compatible Changes": some important compatible changes can aslo be recorded
    in this file, and we can add these updating into release notes when we release this
    package.

Non-Compatible and Compatible example format:
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EDK_0010: Non-Compatible: owner

      Class_HFile: PPI A of MdePkg has been removed.

        Code Change :
        1) Removed the .h file: MdePkg\Include\Ppi\A.h

        Possible Impacts:
        1) All modules that used this PPI A should be updated.

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EDK_0000: Compatible: owner

      Class_BuildTool: with the EDK_0000 build.exe, the build performance is enhanced great.

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools\Bin\Win32\build.exe

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EDK_3832: Non-Compatible: jwang36

      Class_BuildTool:
        1) Added support of MACRO in tools_def.txt
        2) Merged PATH and NAME attributes in tools_def.txt
        3) Changed DPATH attribute to DLL in tools_def.txt
        4) Removed SPATH attribute in tools_def.txt
        5) Added support for library instance without library class
        6) Fixed the issue in Trim tool which zero file will be generated if the trimmed 
           file has not line directive
 
        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe
        2) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe
        3) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/Trim.exe
        4) BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template

        Possible Impacts:
        1) All platforms and modules build

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EDK_3801: Compatible: jwang36

      Class_BuildConfiguration: Added makefile as dependency for "Dynamic-Library-File" to 
        solve the incremental build issue occurred when there's library changes

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Conf/build_rule.template

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EDK_3800: Compatible: lgao4

      Class_BuildTool: Update EfiRom tool to fix checksum and PCI3.0 data structure

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/EfiRom.exe

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EDK_3795: Compatible: htao

      Class_BuildTool: GenVtf tool open/write file with "r+b"/"w+b" attribute, but this cause
                       the RO attribute of the file changed. Fix this issue by changing 
                       "r+b"/"w+b" to "rb"/"wb".

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenVtf.exe

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EDK_3791: Compatible: jlin16

      Class_BuildTool:
        1) use '#' to indicate flash generation progress.
        2) use -v to switch on detail output messages.

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe

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EDK_3789: Non-Compatible: lgao4

      Class_BuildTool: support new Rules format and PCD format defined in FDF file

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe
        2) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/GenFds.exe

        Possible Impacts:
        1) All platform's FDF file, if any, must be changed to new format

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EDK_3786: Compatible: vjeff

      Class_BuildConfiguration:
        1) Redirect ICC_IA32_*_PATH from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin 
           to C:\Program Files\Intel\Compiler\C++\9.1\IA32\Bin. 
        2) Add ICC X64 definition to enable ICC X64 build.

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template

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EDK_3785: Non-Compatible: klu2

      Class_BuildTool: Upgrade the format of EFI_PEIM_ENTRY_POINT to 
                       EFI_PEIM_ENTRY_POINT2 according to PI specification.


        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/build.exe

        Possible Impacts:
        1) All modules build


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EDK_3780: Non-Compatible: qhuang8

      Class_MigrationTool: Update the syntax of PCD section.
                           Update the syntax of binary INF file
                           The generated Extended INF file should follow Extended INF spec 0.44

        Code Change :
        1) BaseTools/Bin/Win32/MigrationMsa2Inf.exe

        Possible Impacts:
        1) New module migrated from old R9


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EDK_3766: Non-Compatible: lgao4

      Class_BuildConfiguration: Update Acpi Asl file Build rule to remove trim step.

        Code Change :
        1) Conf/build_rule.template

        Possible Impacts:
        1) Platform with ACPI module.