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+This is EDK style package:
+1. It contians an SVN extern Shell directory for the SVN address:
+   https://efi-shell.tianocore.org/svn/efi-shell/trunk/Shell
+2. This SVN extern directory is from EDK Shell Source project and is read only.
+   Currently version (r30) corresponds to EDK Shell 1.05 official release.
+3. The ShellHotFix.patch file solves the follow two issues in EDK Shell 1.05 release:
+   a. RFC3066 language compatibility issue in drivers command
+   b. "CHAR8" compatibility issue in DmpStore command. 
+   This patch will be integrated into the later official release.
+4. The EDK II style DSC file is used to validate build EDK Shell source & EDK compatibility package and can generate the binaries in EdkShellBinPkg.
+   To use this file, execute the following command under workspace to build EDK Shell source:
+   build -a IA32 -a X64 -a IPF EdkShellPkg\EdkShellPkg.dsc
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