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Heinrich Schuchardt04459782018-07-29 13:45:47 +02001.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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Heinrich Schuchardtc0b352e2019-07-14 14:05:37 +02003UEFI subsystem
4==============
5
6Lauching UEFI images
7--------------------
8
9Bootefi command
10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11
12The bootefi command is used to start UEFI applications or to install UEFI
13drivers. It takes two parameters
14
15 bootefi <image address> [fdt address]
16
17* image address - the memory address of the UEFI binary
18* fdt address - the memory address of the flattened device tree
19
20The environment variable 'bootargs' is passed as load options in the UEFI system
21table. The Linux kernel EFI stub uses the load options as command line
22arguments.
23
24.. kernel-doc:: cmd/bootefi.c
25 :internal:
26
27Boot manager
28~~~~~~~~~~~~
29
30The UEFI specification foresees to define boot entries and boot sequence via UEFI
31variables. Booting according to these variables is possible via
32
33 bootefi bootmgr [fdt address]
34
35* fdt address - the memory address of the flattened device tree
36
37The relevant variables are:
38
39* Boot0000-BootFFFF define boot entries
40* BootNext specifies next boot option to be booted
41* BootOrder specifies in which sequence the boot options shall be tried if
42 BootNext is not defined or booting via BootNext fails
43
44.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
45 :internal:
46
47Efidebug command
48~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
49
50The efidebug command is used to set and display boot options as well as to
51display information about internal data of the UEFI subsystem (devices,
52drivers, handles, loaded images, and the memory map).
53
54.. kernel-doc:: cmd/efidebug.c
55 :internal:
56
57Initialization of the UEFI sub-system
58-------------------------------------
59
60.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
61 :internal:
Heinrich Schuchardt04459782018-07-29 13:45:47 +020062
63Boot services
64-------------
65
66.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
67 :internal:
68
Heinrich Schuchardt1db561e2019-02-16 15:22:13 +010069Image relocation
70~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
71
72.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
73 :internal:
74
Heinrich Schuchardtc0b352e2019-07-14 14:05:37 +020075Memory services
76~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
77
78.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
79 :internal:
80
Heinrich Schuchardt04459782018-07-29 13:45:47 +020081Runtime services
82----------------
83
84.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_runtime.c
85 :internal:
Heinrich Schuchardtc0b352e2019-07-14 14:05:37 +020086
87Variable services
88~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
89
90.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
91 :internal:
92
93UEFI drivers
94------------
95
96UEFI driver uclass
97~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
98.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_driver/efi_uclass.c
99 :internal:
100
101Block device driver
102~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
103
104.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c
105 :internal:
Heinrich Schuchardtfe1a81c2019-09-05 20:37:13 +0200106
107Protocols
108---------
109
110Block IO protocol
111~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
112
113.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
114 :internal:
115
116File protocol
117~~~~~~~~~~~~~
118
119.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
120 :internal:
121
122Graphical output protocol
123~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
124
125.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_gop.c
126 :internal:
127
128Network protocols
129~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
130
131.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c
132 :internal:
133
Heinrich Schuchardtd417b942020-01-09 20:49:44 +0100134Random number generator protocol
135~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
136
137.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_rng.c
138 :internal:
139
Heinrich Schuchardtfe1a81c2019-09-05 20:37:13 +0200140Text IO protocols
141~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
142
143.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
144 :internal: