Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, Third Edition

Vincent Zimmer; Michael Rothman; Suresh Marisetty

Published by De|G Press 2017

Beyond BIOS

Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, Third Edition

Vincent Zimmer , Michael Rothman and Suresh Marisetty

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501505690

Overview
Contents

About this book

This book provides an overview of modern boot firmware, including the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and its associated EFI Developer Kit II (EDKII) firmware. The authors have each made significant contributions to developments in these areas. The reader will learn to use the latest developments in UEFI on modern hardware, including open source firmware and open hardware designs. The book begins with an exploration of interfaces exposed to higher-level software and operating systems, and commences to the left of the boot timeline, describing the flow of typical systems, beginning with the machine restart event.

Software engineers working with UEFI will benefit greatly from this book, while specific sections of the book address topics relevant for a general audience: system architects, pre-operating-system application developers, operating system vendors (loader, kernel), independent hardware vendors (such as for plug-in adapters), and developers of end-user applications. As a secondary audience, project technical leaders or managers may be interested in this book to get a feel for what their engineers are doing.

The reader will find:

An overview of UEFI and underlying Platform Initialization (PI) specifications
How to create UEFI applications and drivers
Workflow to design the firmware solution for a modern platform
Advanced usages of UEFI firmware for security and manageability

Author / Editor information

Vincent Zimmer Engineer, WA, USA, Suresh Marisetty Systems Architect, CA, USA, Michael Rothman Engineer,WA, USA

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1 – Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 – Basic UEFI Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3 – UEFI Driver Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 4 – Protocols You Should Know Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 5 – UEFI Runtime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 6 – UEFI Console Services Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 7 – Different Types of Platforms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 8 – DXE Basics: Core, Dispatching, and Drivers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 9 – Some Common UEFI and PI Functions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 10 – Platform Security and Trust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Chapter 11 – Boot Device Selection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 12 – Boot Flows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Chapter 13 – Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Chapter 14 – Putting It All Together—Firmware Emulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Chapter 15 – Reducing Platform Boot Times Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Chapter 16 – Embedded Boot Solution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Chapter 17 – Manageability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Appendix A – Data Types Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Appendix B – Status Codes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De|G Press
Edition: 3rd Ed.
Audience: Software Engineers, System Architects, Pre-Operating-System Application and End-User Developers, Hardware Vendors
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 305
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
Keywords: BIOS; UEFI; Unified Extensible Firmware Interface; Registry; EFI; Firmware; Boot

eBook

Published: January 23, 2017
ISBN: 9781501505690

Paperback

Published: January 23, 2017
ISBN: 9781501514784