Re: [OSSTEST PATCH v2] ts-xen-build-prep: Install newer NASM version, to build OVMF

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony PERARD writes ("[OSSTEST PATCH v2] ts-xen-build-prep: Install newer 
NASM version, to build OVMF"):
> Recent versions of OVMF now need a version of NASM that is newer
> than the one available on Debian oldstable/buster. They want to use
> NASM 2.15.05 [1], which is available in Debian stable/bullseye. The
> need to use a newer version started with d3febfd9ade3 ("MdePkg:
> Replace Opcode with the corresponding instructions.").
> 
> There is no backport package available but the nasm package from
> Debian Bullseye can easily be installed on Buster as it has few
> dependencies and are already satisfied.
> 
> [1] 
> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/6a890db161cd6d378bec3499a1e774db3f5a27a7
>     ("BaseTools: Upgrade the version of NASM tool")

LGTM assuming Roger is also happy...

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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