On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 05:57:43PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Anthony PERARD writes ("[OSSTEST PATCH v2] ts-xen-build-prep: Install newer
> NASM version, to build OVMF"):
> > Recent versions of OVMF now need a version of NASM that is newer
> > than the one available on Debian oldstable/buster. They want to use
> > NASM 2.15.05 [1], which is available in Debian stable/bullseye. The
> > need to use a newer version started with d3febfd9ade3 ("MdePkg:
> > Replace Opcode with the corresponding instructions.").
> >
> > There is no backport package available but the nasm package from
> > Debian Bullseye can easily be installed on Buster as it has few
> > dependencies and are already satisfied.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/6a890db161cd6d378bec3499a1e774db3f5a27a7
> > ("BaseTools: Upgrade the version of NASM tool")
>
> LGTM assuming Roger is also happy...
>
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <[email protected]>
Sure, I'm gonna push this now then.
Thanks both, Roger.
