Harnessing the UEFI Shell Moving the Platform Beyond DOS 2nd edition by Michael Rothman, Vincent Zimmer, Tim Lewis ISBN 1501514806 978-1501514807

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ISBN 10: 1501514806
ISBN 13: 978-1501514807
Author: Michael Rothman, Vincent Zimmer, Tim Lewis

Focusing on the use of the UEFI Shell and its recently released formal specification, this book unlocks a wide range of usage models which can help people best utilize the shell solutions. This text also expands on the obvious intended utilization of the shell and explains how it can be used in various areas such as security, networking, configuration, and other anticipated uses such as manufacturing, diagnostics, etc. Among other topics, Harnessing the UEFI Shell demonstrates how to write Shell scripts, how to write a Shell application, how to use provisioning options and more. Since the Shell is also a UEFI component, the book will make clear how the two things interoperate and how both Shell developers as well as UEFI developers can dip into the other’s field to further expand the power of their solutions.

 

Harnessing the UEFI Shell is authored by the three chairs of the UEFI working sub-teams, Michael Rothman (Intel, chair of the UEFI Configuration and UEFI Shell sub-teams), Vincent Zimmer (Intel, chair of the UEFI networking sub-team and security sub-team), and Tim Lewis (Insyde Software, chair of the UEFI security sub-team). This book is perfect for any OEMs that ship UEFI-based solutions (which is all of the MNCs such as IBM, Dell, HP, Apple, etc.), software developers who are focused on delivering solutions targeted to manufacturing, diagnostics, hobbyists, or stand-alone kiosk environments.

Harnessing the UEFI Shell Moving the Platform Beyond DOS 2nd Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

What is UEFI?

What Do We Mean by Shell?

A Short History of the UEFI Shell

Brief Overview of the UEFI Shell

UEFI Shell APIs

Command Line Interface Features

Why a Shell at all?

Chapter 2 Under the UEFI Shell

Shell and UEFI

Evolution and Revolution

Chapter 3 What Is the UEFI Shell?

What Is Contained in the UEFI Shell?

What Kind of Shell Do You Have?

What!? No Shell? No Problem!

Programmatic Shell Environment

Using UEFI Shell Commands

Interactive Shell Environment

Scripting

Program Launch

File-System Abstractions

Shell Script Resolves into a UEFI Firmware Action

Chapter 4 Why We Need an Execution Environment before the OS

Evolution of a Machine

The Platform Initialization Flow

UEFI Transitions

States of a Platform

Readiness of UEFI

Migration Using the UEFI Shell

Going Forward

Chapter 5 Manufacturing

Throughput

Manufacturing Test Tools

Hardware Access with Manufacturing Tools

Converting Manufacturing Tools

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Bare Metal Provisionig

Provisioning with the UEFI Shell

UEFI Networking Stack

Securing the Network

Speeding Up the Network

Example of Putting It Together

Summary

Chapter 7 Configuration of Provisioned Material

Initialization Timeline

Configuration Infrastructure Overview

Using the Configuration Infrastructure

Driver Model Interactions

Provisioning the Platform

Configuring through the UEFI Shell

Basic Configuration

Advanced Configuration Abilities

Chapter 8 The Use of UEFI for Diagnostics

Types of Diagnostics

SMBIOS Table Organization

SMBIOS Structure Table Entry Point

Table Organization Graph

Structure Standards

Structure Evolution and Usage Guidelines

Text Strings

Required Structures and Data

Features

User Interface Design

Design Guide

Usage

Examples

Architecture Design

Data Structure

SMBIOS_STRUCTURE_TABLE

SMBIOS_HEADER

SMBIOS_STRUCTURE_POINTER

STRUCTURE_STATISTICS

Source Code for the Utility

Summary

Chapter 9 UEFI Shell Scripting

Hello, World!

Echo

Echo All Parameters

Echo All Parameters (Improved Version)

Concatenate Text Files

List Only Selected “ls” Information

Install Script

How to Make a Shell Script Appear as a Boot Option

Chapter 10 UEFI Shell Programming

A Simple UEFI Shell Application: HelloWorld

The Source File: HelloWorld.c

The Component Information (.inf) File

A Simple Standard Application: HelloWorld2

The Source File: HelloWorld2.c

The Component Information (.inf) File: HelloWorld2.inf

Read Keyboard Input in UEFI Shell Scripts: GetKey

The Source File: GetKey.c

The Component Information (.inf) File: GetKey.inf

The Build Description (.dsc) File

Calculate Math Expressions: Math

The Source File: Math.c

The Component Information (.inf) File: Math.inf

Convert ASCII to Unicode and Back: UniCodeDecode

The Source File: UniCodeDecode.c

The Component Information (.inf) File

Chapter 11 Managing UEFI Drivers Using the Shell

Testing Specific Protocols

Loading and Unloading UEFI Drivers

Load

LoadPciRom

Unload

Connecting UEFI Drivers

Connect

Disconnect

Reconnect

Driver and Device Information

Drivers

Devices

DevTree

Dh –d

OpenInfo

Testing the Driver Configuration and Driver Diagnostics Protocols

DrvCfg

DrvDiag

Debugging Code Statements

POST Codes

Post Card Debug

Text-Mode VGA Frame Buffer

Other Options

Appendix A Security Considerations

UEFI Shell Binary Integrity

Overview

Signed Executable Overview

Digital Signature

Signed Executable Processing

Signed Executable Generation Application (SignTool)

UEFI Load Image

SignTool

Build Environment

Example usage

Appendix B Command Reference

Command Profiles and Support Levels

Command List

Standardizing Command Output

Command Details

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