From 4347544299c30163e1f25ede944918a56847903d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bbahnsen Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:21:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Try to clarify the gcc story a little bit. git-svn-id: https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2@435 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524 --- ReleaseNotes.txt | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt index 80ecbf1a3b..6e2ac02ced 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ prior to using the Edk 2.0. Compiler Tool Chain Microsoft* Visual Studio .NET 2003* (http://www.microsoft.com) or - GCC version 4.x or later (http://gcc.gnu.org) + A special GCC version 4.x or later (http://gcc.gnu.org). See below. Assembler Tool Chain Microsoft Macro Assembler, version 6.15 or later @@ -226,12 +226,15 @@ Pre-defined targets in the build.xml files include: A Word on GCC tool chain ------------------------ -You will find a script in the tree that will download, configure, compile, and -install a gcc 4.0.2 tool chain for development. It has support for the ia32 -architecture. It can be built and run on Cygwin, Linux, and many other POSIX -compliant host environments. There are a few tools that you will need on your -host computer in order to compile the tool chain. Among them are bash, gcc, -gmake, curl (or wget). +EDK2 will not compile with a standard Linux gcc tool chain. While Linux +distributions are usually based on ELF, EDK2 requires a version of gcc that is +configured to produce PE-COFF images. You will find a script in edk2/Tools/gcc +that will download, configure, compile, and install a gcc 4.X cross-compile +tool chain for EDK2 development. It has support for the ia32 architecture. It +can be built and run on Cygwin, Linux, and many other POSIX compliant host +operating environments. There are a few tools that you will need on your host +computer in order to compile the tool chain. Among them are bash, gcc, gmake, +curl (or wget). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------