Add a minimal UEFI target#5362
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Summary
This PR adds a minimal
uefi-amd64target to TinyGo.The intent is to land the smallest useful slice of UEFI support first:
uefi-amd64ld.lldThis PR does not try to upstream the larger protocol surface from the previous UEFI branch. It is intentionally limited
to getting a basic UEFI application built and run as a TinyGo baremetal target.
What this adds
targets/uefi-amd64.jsonld.lldhandling without a UEFI-specific builder special case
machine/uefisupport for:efi_mainentryAllocatePagesexamples/uefi-exitas a simple regression-style smoke exampleWhat this does not add
This PR intentionally leaves out higher-level UEFI features, including:
Those can be added in follow-up PRs once the target itself is established.
Design notes
TinyGo baremetal targets commonly use
goos: "linux"for runtime selection, and this target follows that existingconvention.
The unusual part of UEFI is not the runtime model, but the output format: the target must produce a valid PE/COFF image. The linker changes here keep the working
ld.lld-based approach, but move it behind a generic target property instead of a UEFI-specific special case in the builder.The runtime in this PR is intentionally minimal:
gc=leakingscheduler=noneThat keeps the initial target small and reduces the number of moving pieces needed for first upstream support.
Testing
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