This patch is going to:

1.       Support a force binary build mode by adding “--ignore-source” to command line options.

Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Hess Chen <hesheng.chen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yingke Liu <yingke.d.liu@intel.com>

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/trunk/edk2@15897 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524

BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/AutoGen.py

@@ -3160,8 +3160,10 @@ class ModuleAutoGen(AutoGen):
     #                                       dependent libraries will be created
     #
     def CreateMakeFile(self, CreateLibraryMakeFile=True):
+        # Ignore generating makefile when it is a binary module
         if self.IsBinaryModule:
             return
+
         if self.IsMakeFileCreated:
             return
 

BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/WorkspaceDatabase.py

@@ -2051,6 +2051,11 @@ class InfBuildData(ModuleBuildClassObject):
             return False
     ## Retrieve source files
     def _GetSourceFiles(self):
+        #Ignore all source files in a binary build mode
+        if GlobalData.gIgnoreSource:
+            self._Sources = []
+            return self._Sources
+
         if self._Sources == None:
             self._Sources = []
             RecordList = self._RawData[MODEL_EFI_SOURCE_FILE, self._Arch, self._Platform]

BaseTools/Source/Python/build/build.py

@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ class Build():
         self.BuildReport    = BuildReport(BuildOptions.ReportFile, BuildOptions.ReportType)
         self.TargetTxt      = TargetTxtClassObject()
         self.ToolDef        = ToolDefClassObject()
+        #Set global flag for build mode
+        GlobalData.gIgnoreSource = BuildOptions.IgnoreSources
         if BuildOptions.DisableCache:
             self.Db         = WorkspaceDatabase(":memory:")
         else:
@@ -1903,6 +1905,7 @@ def MyOptionParser():
              "This option can also be specified by setting *_*_*_BUILD_FLAGS in [BuildOptions] section of platform DSC. If they are both specified, this value "\
              "will override the setting in [BuildOptions] section of platform DSC.")
     Parser.add_option("-N", "--no-cache", action="store_true", dest="DisableCache", default=False, help="Disable build cache mechanism")
+    Parser.add_option("--ignore-sources", action="store_true", dest="IgnoreSources", default=False, help="Focus to a binary build and ignore all source files")
 
     (Opt, Args)=Parser.parse_args()
     return (Opt, Args)