RoadMap2014

UDK2014 Roadmap for Tianocore.org Feature Details

Release to be available last week in March 2014

Feature Details

Add Unified Extensible Firmware(UEFI) specification 2.4 defined Protocols/PPIs/GUIDs and their related data   structure definitions.   UEFI 2.4 Specification Compliance

Add Platform Initialization(PI) specification 1.3 defined Protocols/PPIs/GUIDs and their related data  structure definitions. PI 1.3 Specification Compliance

Add/Upgrade Industry standard definitions.   Update ACPI5.0 tables.   Update PCI definition.   Update Atapi definition.   Etc…

New Feature changes updated Packages for UDK2014  - Core updates to the MdePkg and MdeModulePkg  - NVMe device path nodes.  - Added support for > 256 NICs to UNDI.   - Minor structure update for NIC IHVs that produce UNDIs.  - Adapter Information Protocol/Firmware Management Protocol updates/Capsule Updates  - Etc...

Miscellaneous Package Interface changes from the MdePkg & MdeModulePkg Plus all updated Packages for UDK2014

Miscellaneous bug fixes from the MdePkg & MdeModulePkg Plus all updated Packages for UDK2014

New Features and Enhancements to BaseTools  -Support for VS2010 and VS2012 MS tool Chain,  -Add ARM toolchains,  -Add GCC 4.8 toolchain.  -Support for Large FFS section files, OEM Capsul flag, etc,  -BaseTools/BuildEnv: Add BinWrappers/PosixLike in PATH.  -BaseTools/BinWrappers updates  -Updates for UPT  -UPdates for VfrCompiler  -Update Python version to 2.7.3  -...and more ...

Updates for UEFI/PI compliance and changes to the UefiCpuPkag

...and more ... See release notes with the upcoming UDK2014 release