edk2
limine
edk2 | limine | |
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51 | 20 | |
4,262 | 1,584 | |
1.9% | 3.0% | |
9.9 | 9.5 | |
4 days ago | 16 days ago | |
C | C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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edk2
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Future of 32-bit platform support in FreeBSD
For the modern server/desktop and even laptop, that's also no bad thing. It is somewhat ridiculous that UEFI bioses, internally, still boot in 16-bit real mode and have to do all the steps your bios bootloader used to do to set up a 64-bit environment ready to go: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/edc6681206c1a8791981a..., https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/edc6681206c1a8791981a..., https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/edc6681206c1a8791981a...
Why not just start the CPU in "long mode", which is what everyone is using it for, in the first place?
These newer ARM processors support 32-bit code at EL0 only (userspace). That seems like a reasonable approach for x86 as well and the freebsd announcement has this to say:
> There is currently no plan to remove support for 32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernels.
So for the moment, you can run 32-bit applications just fine.
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Precision 7520: 64GB memory 3200MHz support
Download this UEFI shell and place it in the BOOT subfolder
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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
They could have at least informed TianoCore. the affected code in edk2 hasn't been modified in 2 years.... https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/MdeModulePkg/Library/BaseBmpSupportLib/BmpSupportLib.c
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VM not booting with host-passthrough or host-model
I have half fixed it.. Using this solution: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/discussions/4662
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All gaming laptop owners know this is never true...
You need only EDK2 and some lööps.
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AMD openSIL open source firmware proof of concept
What is the difference between this and https://github.com/tianocore/edk2
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AMD to move to open source firmware in 2026
From there you'll need to get an EFI Shell. There may be one built into your system, but you can also get one here from Tianocore (aka, the people mostly making UEFI). Neither this EFI Shell nor Keytool.efi (the thing you need to load the keys) are signed of course, so you will need to turn off SecureBoot to continue. From there just run Keytool with your new keys, turn back on SecureBoot, and move on with your life.
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Windows installation doesn't boot up when I try to use UEFI firmware
I had the same issue. What fixed it for me was compiling my own OVMF.fd file from here and using that to boot. The version of OVMF that shipped with fedora was broken for me for some reason.
- why chatgpt knows about (haswell NRI) [ERROR] REUT timed out, ch_done: 0 but not in google?
- EDK II Project: cross-platform firmware development environment
limine
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It's far from clear how grub package updates work on Ubuntu
I assume this person meant to say `Limine'.
It's what I use for dualbooting Windows and Linux. It's really easy to Install, Use & Understand.
https://limine-bootloader.org/
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Limine a dog with fleas just died
They also publish a PHILOSOPHY.md page in their MS-source-git (github) that is, which is clearly offensive to us and many linux users:
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Problem loading GDT in a x86-64 kernel
I'm using Limine for bootloader, and in its documentation, in the Protocol page, we have:
- Limine is an advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader
- Looking for boot manager recommendations
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Getting the memory size with Limine
Hello! While reading the Limine protocol specification i noticed that it says that "all non-usable entries (including kernel/modules) are not guaranteed any alignment, nor is it guaranteed that they do not overlap other entries". How am I supposed to get the memory size then? If the memory map entries can overlap, then summing their lengths won't work. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
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The *nix Compass
That's the Limine bootloader
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How do I make a bootloader that boots into a c kernel
It's way easier to use a pre-existing bootloader. I recommend Limine. It has it's own boot protocol that's designed for x86_64. You don't need any additional setup as it's already booted to long mode unlike Multiboot which needs you to switch to long mode since it's booted in protected mode. You can find an example kernel here.
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MaslOS
It uses Limine as the Bootloader but I used Ponchos OS Dev Playlist as a base.
- Is grub grub-efi lilo syslinux TOO MUCH - try Limine
What are some alternatives?
vTPM - libtpms / swtpm software emulation of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0) compile script
uefiseven - An EFI loader that emulates int10h interrupts needed for booting Windows 7 under UEFI Class 3 systems.
tianocore
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
coreboot - Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.
toaruos - A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system: bootloader, kernel, drivers, C library, and userspace including a composited graphical UI, dynamic linker, syntax-highlighting text editor, network stack, etc.
OpenCorePkg - OpenCore bootloader
uefi-elf-bootloader - UEFI ELF Bootloader example
Getting-Started-With-ACPI - Repo for Getting Started With ACPI
android_bootable_bootloader_edk2 - Android Boot Loader (abl) for SHIFTPHONES
uefi-ntfs - UEFI:NTFS - Boot NTFS or exFAT partitions from UEFI
x86_64 - Library to program x86_64 hardware.