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Update EDKII BuildNotes to say the default tool chain tag is VS2008 i…
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…nstead of VS2005

Signed-off-by: lgao4
Reviewed-by: erictian

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Intel(R) Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
EFI Development Kit II (EDK II)
2010-03-31
2011-12-14

Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2011, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

EDK II packages can be checked out from the following SVN address:
http://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2
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c:\MyWork\edk2\> edksetup --nt32

The default tool chain (named MYTOOLS) is pre-configured to use VS2005 for IA32
and X64 target architectures and the DDK for IPF target architectures. To use a
The default tool chain (named MYTOOLS) is pre-configured to use VS2008 for IA32
and X64 target architectures and DDK3790 for IPF target architectures. To use a
different tool chain, either modify the tools_def.txt file's MYTOOLS entries,
or modify the %WORKSPACE%\Conf\target.txt file's TOOL_CHAIN_TAG. The pre-defined
tags are listed near the top of the %WORKSPACE%\Conf\tools_def.txt file, below
the Supported Tool Chains comment.
Alternatively, you may use the build command's -t option to specify a different
tool chain tag name: build -t VS2003 ... , for example. Using this method will
require that you always use the build command's -t option.
tool chain tag name: build -t VS2008 ... , for example. Using this method will
require that you always use the build command's -t option. If you use 64-bit
windows OS, you should use tool chain tag name with x86, such as VS2008x86.


Next, go to the module directory and begin to build. This example is for the
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* Run buld tool written in Python from source
The build tool written in Python can be executed from its source directly as
long as you have the Python interpreter (version 2.5) installed. The source
long as you have the Python interpreter (version 2.5.4) installed. The source
of Python code is locating at:

http://edk2-buildtools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2-buildtools/trunk/BaseTools
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