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AMI_VisualeBios_User_Manual_NDA.pdf
AMI Visual eBios User Manual
Visual eBios User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DOCUMENT INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 11
PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
AUDIENCE ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 11
1.
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 12
WHAT IS VEB? .................................................................................................................................................... 12
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 12
VEB SAMPLE SCREEN....................................................................................................................................... 12
Project Management Window ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Output Window .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Editor Window .................................................................................................................................................................... 14
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 14
2. MANAGING A BIOS PROJECT WITH VEB ..................................................................................... 15
TYPICAL VIEW OF A APTIOV BIOS PROJECT ................................................................................................ 15
OPENING AND CLOSING PROJECTS ............................................................................................................... 16
Opening a AptioV Project .................................................................................................................................................... 16
Closing a AptioV Project ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
CONFIGURING PROJECT SETTINGS FOR A BIOS PROJECT (.VEB) ........................................................... 20
Aptio Project Settings .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
BUILDING A PROJECT ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Clean Build ......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Viewing Project Build Output and Log ............................................................................................................................... 22
Stopping the Build Process ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Retrieving the Final ROM Image ........................................................................................................................................ 24
BUILDING SINGLE APTIO V DRIVER MODULE ............................................................................................... 24
VIEWING A PROJECT ......................................................................................................................................... 25
Viewing Project by Files (Directory Tree Viewing) ............................................................................................................. 26
Viewing Project by Modules (Components & Grouping) ................................................................................................... 27
ADDING AND REMOVING A COMPONENT IN APTIOV PROJECT ................................................................. 28
Adding a Component ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Removing a Component .................................................................................................................................................... 34
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COMPONENT PROPERTIES .............................................................................................................................. 36
Ranking of Component Categories .................................................................................................................................... 37
Orphan Components ......................................................................................................................................................... 39
MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL COMPONENTS ............................................................................................... 43
FLAVOR COMPONENT ....................................................................................................................................... 43
Board Flavor....................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Set As Board Flavor ............................................................................................................................................................ 44
TRACKING PRIVATE FILES ............................................................................................................................... 47
Removing Links to Private Files ......................................................................................................................................... 48
TRACKING OVERRIDDEN FILES ....................................................................................................................... 48
Removing Links to Overridden files ................................................................................................................................... 53
FILE & COMPONENT ICONS .............................................................................................................................. 55
3.
SOURCE CONTROL OPTIONS ........................................................................................................... 56
SOURCE CONTROL USING VEB ....................................................................................................................... 56
Set Project Library Path ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
Source Control Menu ......................................................................................................................................................... 57
USING SOURCE CONTROL ............................................................................................................................... 58
Connecting to Source Control ............................................................................................................................................ 58
Adding a Project to Source Control ................................................................................................................................... 60
Add a File to Source Control .............................................................................................................................................. 65
Delete a File from Source Control ..................................................................................................................................... 65
Source Control Status for Files/Components .................................................................................................................... 66
Checking Out Files ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
Checkout Component ........................................................................................................................................................ 68
Checking In Files ................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Checking In Component..................................................................................................................................................... 74
Undo Check Out ................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Undo Checkout Component .............................................................................................................................................. 79
Rename .............................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Labeling a Project .............................................................................................................................................................. 80
Labeling a Component ....................................................................................................................................................... 85
Show History of a Project .................................................................................................................................................. 89
Difference Check ................................................................................................................................................................ 91
Check for Latest Updates ................................................................................................................................................... 94
Publishing Files using VeB .................................................................................................................................................. 95
Get Latest Version ............................................................................................................................................................. 97
Update by Label ................................................................................................................................................................. 99
Refresh Status .................................................................................................................................................................. 100
Connect ............................................................................................................................................................................ 100
Disconnect ....................................................................................................................................................................... 101
EIP Integration ................................................................................................................................................................. 101
Clear Connection Data ..................................................................................................................................................... 104
Changing RSC password ................................................................................................................................................... 106
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS .............................................................................................................. 107
File Status Check .............................................................................................................................................................. 108
Check Missing files ........................................................................................................................................................... 108
Files Report ...................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Generate COO Report ...................................................................................................................................................... 112
Set Working Path ............................................................................................................................................................. 113
Locate Work Component ................................................................................................................................................. 113
Disconnect Project ........................................................................................................................................................... 114
Disconnect All .................................................................................................................................................................. 116
Reload Project ................................................................................................................................................................. 117
4.
CONFIGURING AND CUSTOMIZING VEB .................................................................................... 119
CONFIGURING VEB .......................................................................................................................................... 119
Setting Workspace ............................................................................................................................................................ 119
Setting Source Control....................................................................................................................................................... 122
Setting Help Builder .......................................................................................................................................................... 125
Setting Tools Directory Path .............................................................................................................................................. 126
Setting Environment Variables .......................................................................................................................................... 128
Setting Intellisense preferences ...................................................................................................................................... 129
Source Control Alias......................................................................................................................................................... 131
CREATING HELP DOCUMENTATION ............................................................................................................. 139
View Help ......................................................................................................................................................................... 141
IMPORT SETTINGS FROM OLDER VERSIONS OF VEB ............................................................................... 142
CUSTOMIZING THE VEB WORKSPACE ......................................................................................................... 143
Changing Font ................................................................................................................................................................... 143
Change Text Color Scheme ................................................................................................................................................ 143
Change Editor Options ...................................................................................................................................................... 145
Using an External Text Editor ............................................................................................................................................. 146
Using an External Difference Tool ...................................................................................................................................... 146
CUSTOM TOOL ICONS ..................................................................................................................................... 147
Toolbars: Floating or Docked ........................................................................................................................................... 148
Modify Icons Present on Toolbars ................................................................................................................................... 148
Keyboard Shortcuts Customization ................................................................................................................................... 149
5. VEB PROJECT WIZARDS ................................................................................................................. 151
USING VEB’S PROJECT WIZARDS ................................................................................................................. 151
FILES WIZARD .................................................................................................................................................. 151
PROJECTS WIZARDS ....................................................................................................................................... 152
Download BIOS Project .................................................................................................................................................... 153
Download only Project File .............................................................................................................................................. 158
New Projects Wizard ....................................................................................................................................................... 159
COMPONENTS WIZARD ................................................................................................................................... 172
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Empty Component Wizard for AptioV Projects ............................................................................................................... 172
Add Component Wizard for AptioV Projects ................................................................................................................... 177
Update Component Wizard for AptioV Projects ............................................................................................................. 179
IMPORTING COMPONENTS TO A PROJECT ................................................................................................. 182
Importing Aptio4 Components into AptioV Project ........................................................................................................ 182
Importing EDK Packages and Modules into AptioV Projects ........................................................................................... 194
UPDATE FROM PACKAGES ............................................................................................................................ 202
6. VEB TEXT EDITOR ............................................................................................................................ 207
TEXT EDITOR OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 207
SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING IN VEB EDITOR ...................................................................................................... 208
INTELLISENSE SUPPORT IN EDITORS .......................................................................................................... 208
FILE MENU ......................................................................................................................................................... 220
Recent Files ....................................................................................................................................................................... 221
Recent Projects ................................................................................................................................................................. 222
EDIT MENU ........................................................................................................................................................ 223
SEARCH MENU ................................................................................................................................................. 224
Search Functions ............................................................................................................................................................... 224
Bookmark Functions ......................................................................................................................................................... 230
Cursor Location Functions ................................................................................................................................................. 231
WINDOW MENU ................................................................................................................................................. 232
ADDITIONAL TOOLS ........................................................................................................................................ 233
ASCII Table ........................................................................................................................................................................ 233
Hex Editor ......................................................................................................................................................................... 233
Create GUID ..................................................................................................................................................................... 234
Show Line Numbers .......................................................................................................................................................... 235
Refresh View ..................................................................................................................................................................... 236
7. THE BIOS PARAMETERS WINDOW & SDL ................................................................................ 237
WHAT IS SDL? .................................................................................................................................................. 237
BIOS PARAMETERS WINDOW ........................................................................................................................ 237
Viewing SDL Objects .......................................................................................................................................................... 237
Filtering in BIOS Parameter view. .................................................................................................................................... 238
Tokens Tab ....................................................................................................................................................................... 239
PCI Objects Tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 242
INFComponent Tab .......................................................................................................................................................... 260
LibraryMappings Tab ....................................................................................................................................................... 263
PCDMappings Tab ............................................................................................................................................................ 268
SIODevices Tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 270
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LDevices ........................................................................................................................................................................... 276
Modules Tab .................................................................................................................................................................... 282
Path Tab ........................................................................................................................................................................... 283
SDL Outputs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 284
IO Object Tab ................................................................................................................................................................... 286
LOCKED SDL TOKENS..................................................................................................................................... 287
CLONING A SDL TOKEN .................................................................................................................................. 287
ADDING A SDL TOKEN .................................................................................................................................... 290
REMOVING A SDL TOKEN ............................................................................................................................... 290
8. ROM LAYOUT WIZARD ................................................................................................................... 292
ADDING A ROM OBJECT ................................................................................................................................. 295
FD_INFO ........................................................................................................................................................................... 295
FD_AREA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 296
MODIFYING A ROM OBJECT ........................................................................................................................... 301
DELETING THE ROM OBJECT ........................................................................................................................ 301
REPOSITIONING OF ROM OBJECTS .............................................................................................................. 303
PACKAGING DUAL BOOT FV IN A FIRMWARE IMAGE ................................................................................ 304
Creation of Reference FV ................................................................................................................................................. 304
Ability to exclude FFS that are part of original FV ........................................................................................................... 307
9. KERNEL TABLE (EKERNEL) ........................................................................................................... 309
EKERNEL OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 309
KERNEL TABLE ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................................... 310
POST Kernel Table............................................................................................................................................................ 310
Other Tables used in POST and Runtime ......................................................................................................................... 310
Procedures used in POST, DIM and Runtime ................................................................................................................... 310
BootBlock Kernel after Power-On (No Stack) .................................................................................................................. 310
BootBlock Kernel after Memory Detection ..................................................................................................................... 311
Other Tables and Procedures used in BootBlock ............................................................................................................ 311
Tables and Procedures Added by Optional Features....................................................................................................... 311
KERNEL TABLE WINDOW ............................................................................................................................... 311
Opening Kernel Table Window ........................................................................................................................................ 311
eKernel Table Icons .......................................................................................................................................................... 311
Parent/Child Relationship vs. Order of Execution ........................................................................................................... 312
Adding Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................ 313
Change Procedure Execution Priority .............................................................................................................................. 316
Change Parent Routine .................................................................................................................................................... 317
Open in Editor .................................................................................................................................................................. 318
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EKERNEL OVERVIEW FOR APTIO .................................................................................................................. 319
Using eKernel to Alter a Firmware Volume ..................................................................................................................... 319
10.
VEB TOOLS PANEL ........................................................................................................................ 321
OPENING THE VEB TOOLS PANEL ................................................................................................................ 321
PCI TAB .............................................................................................................................................................. 322
Buses ................................................................................................................................................................................ 322
Bridges ............................................................................................................................................................................. 323
11.
VEB AND CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY (COO) ................................................................ 324
Support for Certificate of origination (COO).................................................................................................................... 324
12.
AUTOMATIC UPDATES FOR TOOLS ......................................................................................... 337
Support for Automated Installation ................................................................................................................................ 337
Support for Un-Installation of Installed Updates ............................................................................................................ 341
13. MANAGING PATCHES ................................................................................................................... 345
PATCHES ........................................................................................................................................................... 345
PATCH CREATION ............................................................................................................................................ 345
ASSOCIATED PATCHES .................................................................................................................................. 349
PULL PATCHES ................................................................................................................................................ 350
PUBLISH PATCHES .......................................................................................................................................... 354
DISCOVER PATCHES ....................................................................................................................................... 355
All Patches ....................................................................................................................................................................... 355
Search by Patch ID ........................................................................................................................................................... 356
PULL LOCAL PATCHES ................................................................................................................................... 356
REAPPLYING PATCHES .................................................................................................................................. 357
PATCH REPORT ................................................................................................................................................ 357
EXPORT PATCH TO LOCAL ............................................................................................................................ 361
14.
SDL CLONE MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 365
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 365
SDL Clone Operation ........................................................................................................................................................ 366
15.
COMPONENT DEPENDENCY ....................................................................................................... 368
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