Build Environment

SBL build is supported on both Windows and Linux environments

Building on Linux

Supported environment: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS

Install the following software:

  • GCC 9.4.0 or above

  • Python 3.8.10 or above

  • NASM 2.16.01 or above

  • IASL 20190509

  • LLVM (needed for UEFI payload build)

  • OpenSSL

  • Git

Build Tools Download - Ubuntu

Install required packages on Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt install -y build-essential python3 uuid-dev openssl gcc-multilib qemu-system git iasl nasm

Build using Dockers (Optional)

You can also consider Dockers containers to build SBL. See Miscellaneous: Dockers for more details.

Building on Windows

Supported environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Community Please ensure to install Dekstop Development with C++ along with Microsoft Visual Studio installation.

Install the exact versions (if specified) of the following tools to the designated directories:

  • Python 3.8.10 - C:\Python38

  • NASM 2.16.01 - C:\Nasm

  • IASL 20190509 - C:\ASL

  • LLVM (needed for UEFI payload build) - C:\LLVM

  • OpenSSL - C:\openssl

  • Git (ex. GitBash)

SBL Keys Generation

Generate SBL keys and this is pre-requiste before SBL build:

Generate SBLKeys:

python $(SBL_ROOT)\BootloaderCorePkg\Tools\GenerateKeys.py -k $SBL_KEY_DIR

Set of private and public keys would be generated for specified key sizes.

Set environment variable for SBL Key directory:

Linux: export SBL_KEY_DIR=<path to SblKeys directory>

Windows: set SBL_KEY_DIR=<path to SblKeys directory>

Note

In case a pre-signed OS Image is used, replace the public key that was generated by GenerateKeys.py (OS1_TestKey_Pub_RSAxxxx.pem) with the public key corresponding to the private key that was used to sign the image. Please refer Key Management section for details

Build Tools Download - Windows

Python 3.8.x 64 bit version.

https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

Note

Add Python to the PATH

Python version 3.8.10 is the tested version.

Nasm 2.16.01

https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.16.01/

Require: Install to C:\Nasm

IASL 20190509-64

https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/iasl-win-20190509.zip

unzip then copy files to C:\asl

Require: Install to C:\Asl

LLVM 15.0.7

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-15.0.7/

Require: Install to C:\LLVM

Note

Add an environment variable: CLANG_BIN=C:LLVMbin

Openssl (latest)

Download latest win64 version from https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries)

Require: Install to C:\Openssl

Note

Set environment variable OPENSSL_PATH to openssl directory where openssl.exe is present. For example: set OPENSSL_PATH=C:\Openssl\bin

Git on Windows

Install Git or add its executable path in your PATH environment if already exists.

Here is GitBash as an example.

Download GitBash from https://git-scm.com

Below are RECOMMENDED options. For others, it’s okay to use default selected option.

Make sure “Git LFS (Large File Support)” is selected.

Make sure "Git LFS (Large File Support)" is selected

Make sure “Git from the command line…” is selected.

Make sure "Git from the command line..." is selected

Make sure “Checkout as-is, commit as-is” is selected.

Make sure "Checkout as-is, commit as-is" is selected