TianoCore EDK II
 TianoCore EDK II splash screen | |
| Developer(s) | Intel |
|---|---|
| License | BSD-2-Clause-Patent |
Tianocore EDK II is the reference implementation of UEFI by Intel. EDK is the abbreviation for EFI Development Kit and is developed by the TianoCore community.[1] TianoCore EDK II is the de facto standard generic UEFI services implementation.[2]
History
In 2004, Intel released their "Foundation Code" of their EFI implementation using a free license. This later evolved into EDK and EDK II, within the TianoCore community.[1] EDK II was released in 2010 under the package known as "UEFI Development Kit" (UDK2010).[3]
Although EDK II implements the UEFI specification, it is not endorsed by the UEFI Forum.[1]
Projects
EDK II code has been integrated into other projects.
A part of TianoCore is the UEFI shell. When a specific UEFI vendor does not support an UEFI shell feature, the UEFI shell from TianoCore can be used.[4]
Coreboot
In 2013, project PIANO was merged into coreboot.[5] It gained EDK II support in 2017.[6]
Project Mu
Project Mu is a fork of EDK-II by Microsoft.[7][8] It is an open source release of the UEFI core used in Microsoft Surface and Hyper-V products initiated by Microsoft in December 2018.[9] The project promotes the idea of Firmware as a Service.[10] The project was started to replace TianoCore's edk2 implementation to improve quality tests of the competing open source UEFI core.[11]
EFIDroid
EFIDroid is a bootloader for Android devices based on Snapdragon processors that is based on EDK-II.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "What is TianoCore?". www.tianocore.org. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Häuser, Marvin; Cheptsov, Vitaly (2020). "Securing the EDK II Image Loader". arXiv:2012.05471 [cs.CR].
- ^ Barry, Peter (2012). Modern embedded computing : designing connected, pervasive, media-rich systems. Patrick Crowley. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-12-394407-8. OCLC 778434967.
- ^ Babar, Yogesh (2020). Hands-on booting learn the boot process of Linux, Windows, and Unix. Berkeley, CA: Apress L. P. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4842-5890-3. OCLC 1164505064.
- ^ "Google Pushes "Project PIANO" Into Coreboot - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Coreboot Now Has Basic UEFI Support Working With TianoCore - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Microsoft releases Mu open-source UEFI firmware | bit-tech.net". Bit-tech. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Microsoft Announces "Project Mu" For Open-Source UEFI Alternative To TianoCore - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Microsoft Announces "Project Mu" For Open-Source UEFI Alternative To TianoCore - Phoronix
- ^ "Microsoft announces Project Mu, an open-source release of the UEFI core".
- ^ "Microsoft announces Project Mu to promote Firmware as a Service".
- ^ "EFIDroid: A Second-Stage Bootloader Using UEFI Firmware to Multiboot [XDA Spotlight]". xda-developers. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2021-03-26.