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Subject: svn commit: r43502 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status
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Author: pgj
Date: Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014
New Revision: 43502
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43502
Log:
- Add 2013Q4 report on UEFI boot
Submitted by: emaste
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:31:22 2014 (r43501)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014 (r43502)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report
- contains 15 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.
+ contains 16 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.
The deadline for submissions covering between January and
March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.
@@ -869,4 +869,59 @@
Enable by default on the amd64 architecture.
+
+
+ UEFI Boot
+
+
+
+
+ Ed
+ Maste
+
+ emaste@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+
+
+ UEFI wiki page
+ UEFI project branch
+
+
+
+ The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides boot-
+ and run-time services for x86 computers, and is a replacement for
+ the legacy BIOS. This project will adapt the &os; loader and
+ kernel boot process for compatibility with UEFI firmware, found
+ on contemporary servers, desktops, and laptops.
+
+ In 2013, The &os; Foundation sponsored Benno Rice for a short
+ project to improve the UEFI bootloader. This resulted in a
+ working proof-of-concept in the UEFI project branch, but it was
+ not ready to be merged to &os; head.
+
+ Ed Maste has taken that original work and, with review feedback
+ from Konstantin Belousov, been preparing it for integration into
+ &os; head. Some changes have been merged to
+ head already. The rest will be merged as they are
+ refined.
+
+ Intel provided a motherboard and CPU for the project, which
+ proved invaluable for addressing bugs that did not appear while
+ testing with the QEMU emulator.
+
+ This work is sponsored by The &os; Foundation.
+
+
+
+ Resolve a 32- vs 64-bit libstand(3) build issue.
+ Merge kernel parsing of EFI memory map metadata.
+ Integrate EFI framebuffer with vt(9) (also known as
+ Newcons).
+ Connect efiloader to the build.
+ Document manual installation for dual-boot configurations.
+ Integrate UEFI configuration with the &os; instaler.
+ Support secure boot.
+
+