From 6329bec1033d1685a62f7cbe06a34737758830a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bbahnsen Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:08:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] A few notes on Linux builds. git-svn-id: https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2@1097 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524 --- ReleaseNotes.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt index 4f8c26a5e6..0efa80764a 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -192,6 +192,21 @@ many other POSIX-compliant host operating environments. To compile the custom gcc tool chain, you need the following tools on your host computer: bash, gcc, gmake, curl (or wget). +Only the MdePkg and EdkModulePkg are currently supported by gcc builds. Other +builds, such as the EdkNt32Pkg, will not compile with gcc. + +---------------------------- +A Word on compiling on Linux +---------------------------- + +In order to compile on Linux, you will need to have the e2fsprogs-dev package +installed. Check your distribution for the rpm, deb or other package format. +This package contains the uuid library and header that are used by some of the +host tools. + +If you are running on x86_64 Linux, then you should install a 64 bit version of +the Java JDK. The version that was used was jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-amd64-rpm.bin. +It may be downloaded from sun.com. ----------------------- Notes on Documentation