Human Folly about “UEFI”

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• (youtube.com):

  #video on #asm programming for #UEFI, showing how to call ConOut, WaitForEvent, and GetTime UEFI subroutines from assembly, but using Microsoft MASM and the VC++ linker, gag. He tests his hello-world image in QEMU by writing it to a flash drive with a GUID partition table (not an MBR) with an EFI system partition. Sponsored by a mini-PC vendor. Also covers the EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL (GOP) which contains QueryMode, SetMode, and Blt. Also how to start up additional processors (he’s on a 12-core amd64 machine) via EFI_MP_SERVICES_PROTOCOL. But UEFI doesn’t support keyup events! Only keydown events! So it sucks for his Zaxxon reimplementation. The EFI_SIMPLE_POINTER_PROTOCOL for talking to the mouse might be okay, although it only supports two buttons (gag).

  on 02025-10-02
• Disabling secure boot (learn.microsoft.com):

  apparently normally you can disable #Secure-Boot in the #BIOS or #UEFI

  on 02025-07-20
• UEFI (en.wikipedia.org):

  the #UEFI "Compatibility Support Module" supports booting from an MBR

  on 02024-01-30
• EBBR (arm-software.github.io):

  #booting with "EBBR", a subset of #UEFI, referenced by the #ARM Base Boot Requirements and the #RISC-V Platforrm Specification. #CC by-sa

  on 02023-08-19
• Start using UEFI (github.com):

  recommendations for how to start programming #UEFI

  on 02016-10-23
• Getting started writing simple application (github.com):

  telegraphic #introduction to #UEFI programming with the EDK II in somewhat broken English

  on 02016-10-23
• Hello (rodsbooks.com):

  #Introduction to #UEFI (really EFI) programming with the EDK or EDK II: a hello-world program.

  on 02016-10-23
• Unified extensible firmware interface (en.wikipedia.org):

  #UEFI

  on 02016-10-23
• How install Linux Windows machine UEFI secure boot (linux.com):

  How to #install-Linux despite #UEFI

  on 02016-10-23