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diff --git a/UnixPkg/readme.txt b/UnixPkg/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..35e2523e0f --- /dev/null +++ b/UnixPkg/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Unix Simulation Platform +======================== + +UnixPkg is one of platform package which can be built to a platform's firmware from UnixPkg.dsc file. +And this package provide a simulation platform under *INUX environment in IA32 architecture. + +- Same points between real platform and simulation platform: + 1) Unix simulation platform also run with firmware device image built from UnixPkg + 2) The working flow of simulation platform also contains SEC/PEI/DXE phase. + +- Different points between real platform and simulation platform: + 1) The SEC phase in simulation platform in fact is a *INUX native application which can be run from *INUX shell; + 2) The device in simulation platform is not real hardware but simulation component in API level; + 3) The ThunkBus driver in simulation platform will get virtual device's desription from PCD and create virtual Device + +Build +===== +UnixPkg is built with following command: + build -p UnixPkg/UnixPkg.dsc -a IA32 -t ELFGCC + Notes: ELFGCC is defined in <Workspace>/Conf/tools_def.txt file. This tool chain use native gcc/binutil instead of + cross-compiler like UNIXGCC tool chain. + + +FAQ +=== +1, I fail to build UnixPkg due to "X11/extensions/XShm.h: No such file or directory"? + The display adapter in UnixPkg is a virtual device written in X11 API. The library of x11proto-xext-dev is required + for building. + +2, I fail to build UnixPkg due to "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext"? + libxext-dev library is required for building. + |