D.4 Usage
Usage: build.exe [options]
[all|fds|genc|genmake|clean|cleanall|cleanlib|modules|libraries|run]
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Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a TARGETARCH, --arch=TARGETARCH
ARCHS is one of list: IA32, X64, IPF, ARM, AARCH64 or
EBC, which overrides target.txt's TARGET_ARCH
definition. To specify more archs, please repeat this
option.
-p PLATFORMFILE, --platform=PLATFORMFILE
Build the platform specified by the DSC file name
argument, overriding target.txt's ACTIVE_PLATFORM
definition.
-m MODULEFILE, --module=MODULEFILE
Build the module specified by the INF file name
argument.
-b BUILDTARGET, --buildtarget=BUILDTARGET
Using the TARGET to build the platform, overriding
target.txt's TARGET definition.
-t TOOLCHAIN, --tagname=TOOLCHAIN
Using the Tool Chain Tagname to build the platform,
overriding target.txt's TOOL_CHAIN_TAG definition.
-x SKUID, --sku-id=SKUID
Using this name of SKU ID to build the platform,
overriding SKUID_IDENTIFIER in DSC file.
-n THREADNUMBER Build the platform using multi-threaded compiler. The
value overrides target.txt's
MAX_CONCURRENT_THREAD_NUMBER. When value is set to 0,
tool automatically detect number of processor threads,
set value to 1 means disable multi-thread build, and
set value to more than 1 means user specify the threads
number to build.
-f FDFFILE, --fdf=FDFFILE
The name of the FDF file to use, which overrides the
setting in the DSC file.
-r ROMIMAGE, --rom-image=ROMIMAGE
The name of FD to be generated. The name must be from
[FD] section in FDF file.
-i FVIMAGE, --fv-image=FVIMAGE
The name of FV to be generated. The name must be from
[FV] section in FDF file.
-C CAPNAME, --capsule-image=CAPNAME
The name of Capsule to be generated. The name must be
from [Capsule] section in FDF file.
-u, --skip-autogen Skip AutoGen step.
-e, --re-parse Re-parse all meta-data files.
-c, --case-insensitive
Don't check case of file name.
-w, --warning-as-error
Treat warning in tools as error.
-j LOGFILE, --log=LOGFILE
Put log in specified file as well as on console.
-s, --silent Make use of silent mode of (n)make.
-q, --quiet Disable all messages except FATAL ERRORS.
-v, --verbose Turn on verbose output with informational messages
printed, including library instances selected, final
dependency expression, and warning messages, etc.
-d DEBUG, --debug=DEBUG
Enable debug messages at specified level.
-D MACROS, --define=MACROS
Macro: "Name [= Value]".
-y REPORTFILE, --report-file=REPORTFILE
Create/overwrite the report to the specified filename.
-Y REPORTTYPE, --report-type=REPORTTYPE
Flags that control the type of build report to
generate. Must be one of: [PCD, LIBRARY, FLASH, DEPEX,
HASH, BUILD_FLAGS, FIXED_ADDRESS, EXECUTION_ORDER].
To specify more than one flag, repeat this option on
the command line and the default flag set is [PCD,
LIBRARY, FLASH, DEPEX, HASH, BUILD_FLAGS,
FIXED_ADDRESS]
-F FLAG, --flag=FLAG Specify the specific option to parse EDK UNI file.
Must be one of: [-c, -s]. -c is for EDK framework UNI
file, and -s is for EDK UEFI UNI file. 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.
-N, --no-cache Disable build cache mechanism
--conf=CONFDIRECTORY Specify the customized Conf directory.
--check-usage Check usage content of entries listed in INF file.
--ignore-sources Focus to a binary build and ignore all source files
--pcd=OPTIONPCD Set PCD value by command line. Format: "PcdName=Value"
-l COMMANDLENGTH, --cmd-len=COMMANDLENGTH
Specify the maximum line length of build command.
Default is 4096.
--hash Enable hash-based caching during build process.
--binary-destination=BINCACHEDEST
Generate a cache of binary files in the specified
directory.
--binary-source=BINCACHESOURCE
Consume a cache of binary files from the specified
directory.
D.4.1 Debug Levels
The numeric debug levels are defined as integer values 0-9.
Level 0 will provide a few extra messages that might, under certain environments, cause a build to break, during later stages of the build.
Level 1 provides messages from level 0, along with information related to PCDs.
Level 2 provides messages from levels 1 and 0, along with information related to Macros.
Level 3 provides all messages from levels 0 - 2, along with information related to Library Classes as well as generating code for PCDs during AutoGen.
Level 4 provides all previous level messages - no new information is added
Level 5 provides all previous level information as well as information regarding the database that is used by the build system tools to decrease incremental build times as well as HII information.
Levels 6 and 7 provides all previous messages - no new information is added
Level 8 provides all previous messages as well as adding build process information, such as queues and threads running.
Level 9 provides the most details, displaying all previous messages and adding information about what is happening at each step during the build.
D.4.2 MACRO Option Definition
This section provides the EBNF for the -D option, which allows users to
specify macro values on the command-line. Macro values on the command-line take
precedence over Macros defined in the DSC and FDF files.
Prototype
<MacroOption> ::= {<ShortOpt>} {<LongOpt>}
<SP> ::= 0x20
<MTS> ::= <SP>+
<ShortOpt> ::= "-D" <SP> <MACRO> ["=" <Value>] <MTS>
<LongOpt> ::= "--define" "=" <MACRO> ["=" <Value>] <MTS>
<MACRO> ::= (A-Z)(a-zA-Z0-9_)*
<Value> ::= {<Number>} {<CString>} {<TrueFalse>} {<RegFmtGUID>}
<Number> ::= {"0x" (a-fA-F0-9)+} {(0-9)+
<CString> ::= ["L"] <QuotedString>
<QuotedString> ::= <DblQuote> <CChars>* <DblQuote>
<DblQuote> ::= 0x22
<CChars> ::= {0x21} {(0x23 - 0x5B)} {(0x5D - 0x7E)} {<EscapeSequence>}
<EscapeSequence> ::= "\" {"n"} {"t"} {"f"} {"r"} {"b"} {"0"} {"\"} {0x22}
<TrueFalse> ::= {"TRUE"} {"True"} {"true"} {"FALSE"} {"False"} {"false"}
<H4> ::= (a-fA-F0-9) (a-fA-F0-9) (a-fA-F0-9) (a-fA-F0-9)
<H8> ::= <H4> <H4>
<H12> ::= <H4> <H4> <H4>
<RegFmtGUID> ::= <H8> "-" <H4> "-" <H4> "-" <H4> "-" <H12>
D.4.3 PCD Option Definition
This section provides the EBNF for the --pcd option, which allows users to
specify PCD values on the command-line. PCD values on the command-line take
precedence over PCD provided in DSC, FDF, INF, and DEC files.
Prototype
<PcdOption> ::= "--pcd" <PcdName> ["=" <PcdValue>] <MTS>
<SP> ::= 0x20
<MTS> ::= <SP>+
<TS> ::= <SP>*
<CommaSpace> ::= "," <SP>*
<HexDigit> ::= (a-fA-F0-9)
<CName> ::= A valid C variable name.
<PcdName> ::= [<TokenSpaceCName> "."] <PcdCName> ["." <Field>]
<TokenSpaceCName> ::= C Variable Name of the Token Space GUID
<PcdCName> ::= C Variable Name of the PCD
<Field> ::= C Variable Name of the Structure PCD field
<PcdValue> ::= {<Boolean>} {<Number>} {<String>} {<Array>}
<Number> ::= {<Integer>} {<HexNumber>}
<Integer> ::= {(0-9)} {(1-9)(0-9)+}
<HexNumber> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} (a-fA-F0-9){1,16}
<Boolean> ::= {<True>} {<False>}
<True> ::= {"TRUE"} {"True"} {"true"} {"1"} {"0x1"} {"0x01"}
<False> ::= {"FALSE"} {"False"} {"false"} {"0"} {"0x0"} {"0x00"}
<String> ::= {<QuotedStr>} {<SglQuotedStr>}
<QuotedStr> ::= ["L"] <DblQuote> <PrintChars>+ <DblQuote>
<SglQuotedStr> ::= ["L"] <DblQuote> "\" <SglQuote> <PrintChars>+
"\" <SglQuote> <DblQuote>
<PrintChars> ::= {<TS>} {<CChars>}
<DblQuote> ::= 0x22
<SglQuote> ::= 0x27
<CChars> ::= {0x21} {(0x23 - 0x26)} {(0x28 - 0x5B)} {(0x5D - 0x7E)}
{<EscapeSequence>}
<EscapeSequence> ::= "\" {"n"} {"t"} {"f"} {"r"} {"b"} {"0"} {"\"}
{<DblQuote>} {<SglQuote>}
<Array> ::= "H" <DblQuote> "{"[<Lable>] <ArrayVal>
[<CommaSpace> [<Lable>] <ArrayVal>]*"}" <DblQuote>
<ArrayVal> ::= {<Num8Array>} {<GuidStr>} {<DevicePath>}
<ShortNum> ::= (0-255)
<IntNum> ::= (0-65535)
<LongNum> ::= (0-4294967295)
<LongLongNum> ::= (0-18446744073709551615)
<UINT8> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} (a-fA-F0-9){1,2}
<UINT16> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} (a-fA-F0-9){1,4}
<UINT32> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} (a-fA-F0-9){1,8}
<UINT64> ::= <HexNumber>
<ArrayString> ::= {<ArrayQuotedStr>} {<ArraySglQuotedStr>}
<ArrayQuotedStr> ::= ["L"] "\" <DblQuote> <PrintChars>* "\" <DblQuote>
<ArraySglQuotedStr>::= ["L"] "\" <SglQuote> <PrintChars>* "\" <SglQuote>
<NonNumType> ::= {<Boolean>} {<ArrayString>} {<Offset>} {<UintMac>}
<Num8Array> ::= {<NonNumType>} {<ShortNum>} {<UINT8>}
<Num16Array> ::= {<NonNumType>} {<IntNum>} {<UINT16>}
<Num32Array> ::= {<NonNumType>} {<LongNum>} {<UINT32>}
<Num64Array> ::= {<NonNumType>} {<LongLongNum>} {<UINT64>}
<GuidStr> ::= "GUID(" <GuidVal> ")"
<GuidVal> ::= {"\"<DblQuote> <RegistryFormatGUID> "\"<DblQuote>}
{<CFormatGUID>} {<CName>}
<RegistryFormatGUID>::= <RHex8> "-" <RHex4> "-" <RHex4> "-" <RHex4> "-"
<RHex12>
<RHex4> ::= <HexDigit> <HexDigit> <HexDigit> <HexDigit>
<RHex8> ::= <RHex4> <RHex4>
<RHex12> ::= <RHex4> <RHex4> <RHex4>
<RawH2> ::= <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>
<RawH4> ::= <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>
<OptRawH4> ::= <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>? <HexDigit>?
<Hex2> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} <RawH2>
<Hex4> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} <RawH4>
<Hex8> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} <OptRawH4> <RawH4>
<Hex12> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} <OptRawH4> <OptRawH4> <RawH4>
<Hex16> ::= {"0x"} {"0X"} <OptRawH4> <OptRawH4> <OptRawH4>
<RawH4>
<CFormatGUID> ::= "{" <Hex8> <CommaSpace> <Hex4> <CommaSpace>
<Hex4> <CommaSpace> "{"
<Hex2> <CommaSpace> <Hex2> <CommaSpace>
<Hex2> <CommaSpace> <Hex2> <CommaSpace>
<Hex2> <CommaSpace> <Hex2> <CommaSpace>
<Hex2> <CommaSpace> <Hex2> "}" "}"
<DevicePath> ::= "DEVICE_PATH(" <DevicePathStr> ")"
<DevicePathStr> ::= A double quoted string that follow the device path
as string format defined in UEFI Specification 2.6
Section 9.6
<UintMac> ::= {<Uint8Mac>} {<Uint16Mac>} {<Uint32Mac>} {<Uint64Mac>}
<Uint8Mac> ::= "UINT8(" <Num8Array> ")"
<Uint16Mac> ::= "UINT16(" <Num16Array> ")"
<Uint32Mac> ::= "UINT32(" <Num32Array> ")"
<Uint64Mac> ::= "UINT64(" <Num64Array> ")"
<Lable> ::= "LABEL(" <CName> ")"
<Offset> ::= "OFFSET_OF(" <CName> ")"
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