BaseTools: add new command line option to support override PCD value

this patch add new feature to support override PCD value on the command
line. The value from the command line is the highest priority.
1.Add option(--pcd) to support both PcdName and TokenSpaceGuild.PcdName
2.For void* type PCD, use following format:
  cstring PCD: --pcd PcdName="string"
  unicodestring PCD: --pcd PcdName=L"string"
  CArray PCD: --pcd PcdName=B"{0x1, 0x2}"
3.Build Report, use *B to show the PCD value was overridden in the
command line.
4.Error Condition:
Report error if the PCD is not found
Report error if the PcdName is found under multiple different TokenSpaceGuid
Report error if PCD value syntax is incorrect
Report error if void* type PCD value exceed its max size

Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Zhu <yonghong.zhu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
index 218034ba33..4234bf5f95 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## @file

 # This file is used to define common static strings used by INF/DEC/DSC files

 #

-# Copyright (c) 2007 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>

+# Copyright (c) 2007 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>

 # This program and the accompanying materials

 # are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License

 # which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at

@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ gFdfParser = None
 #

 gTempInfs = []

 

+BuildOptionPcd = []