To build modules in our package we've used something like this:
$ build --platform=UefiLessonsPkg/UefiLessonsPkg.dsc \
--module=UefiLessonsPkg/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.inf \
--arch=X64 \
--buildtarget=RELEASE \
--tagname=GCC5
This is kinda long string. Let's simplify it.
First we can omit module option from the command and always compile our package entirely with all its modules:
$ build --platform=UefiLessonsPkg/UefiLessonsPkg.dsc \
--arch=X64 \
--buildtarget=RELEASE \
--tagname=GCC5
When we initiate our environment with:
. edk2setup.sh
Conf directory is created in the edk2 folder. This directory is populated with a bunch of files.
Also the CONF_PATH environment variable is created which points to the newly created Conf folder.
Right now we are interested in the Conf/target.txt file.
By default it has many comments (lines that start with # symbol) and is prepopulated with these values:
ACTIVE_PLATFORM = EmulatorPkg/EmulatorPkg.dsc
TARGET = DEBUG
TARGET_ARCH = IA32
TOOL_CHAIN_CONF = Conf/tools_def.txt
TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = VS2015x86
BUILD_RULE_CONF = Conf/build_rule.txt
We can put all our build command options in this file to simplify our everyday life.
ACTIVE_PLATFORM = UefiLessonsPkg/UefiLessonsPkg.dsc
TARGET = RELEASE
TARGET_ARCH = X64
TOOL_CHAIN_CONF = Conf/tools_def.txt
TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = GCC5
BUILD_RULE_CONF = Conf/build_rule.txt
After that we could build our package with all its modules with the one single command:
build