| Description |
1 online resource (324 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements ; Preface ; Chapter 1 -- Introduction ; Terminology ; Short History of EFI ; EFI Becomes UEFI-The UEFI Forum ; PIWG and USWG ; Platform Trust/Security ; Embedded Systems: The New Challenge. |
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How the Boot Process Differs between a Normal Boot and an Optimized/Embedded Boot Summary ; Chapter 2 -- Basic UEFI Architecture ; Objects Managed by UEFI-based Firmware ; UEFI System Table ; Handle Database ; Protocols ; Working with Protocols ; Multiple Protocol Instances. |
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Tag GUID UEFI Images ; Applications ; OS Loader ; Drivers ; Events and Task Priority Levels ; Summary ; Chapter 3 -- UEFI Driver Model ; Why a Driver Model Prior to OS Booting? ; Driver Initialization ; Host Bus Controllers ; Device Drivers ; Bus Drivers ; Platform Components. |
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Hot Plug Events Pseudo Code ; Device Driver ; Bus Driver that Creates All of Its Child Handles on the First Call to Start() ; Bus Driver that Is Able to Create All or One of Its Child Handles on Each Call to Start(): ; Additional Innovations ; Security ; Manageability ; Networking. |
| Summary |
Chapter 4 - Protocols You Should Know ; EFI OS Loaders ; Device Path and Image Information of the OS Loader ; Accessing Files in the Device Path of the OS Loader ; Finding the OS Partition ; Getting the Current System Configuration ; Getting the Current Memory Map. |
| Note |
Getting Environment Variables. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Computer firmware.
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Computer firmware. |
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Open source software.
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Open source software. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rothman, Michael, 1969-
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Marisetty, Suresh, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zimmer, Vincent. Beyond BIOS : Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, Third Edition. Boston : De 9781501514784 |
| ISBN |
9781501505690 (electronic book) |
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1501505696 (electronic book) |
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1501514784 |
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9781501514784 |
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