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opened 2024-08-07 08:16:58 +00:00 by epickh · 0 comments
epickh commented 2024-08-07 08:16:58 +00:00
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As the legacy BIOS is slowly fading out of newly released computers' mainboard firmware, it would be better to go over to an UEFI-based approach.

The best way to provide the stubs for complete compatibility with legacy BIOS would be to only let the UEFI executable start another executable or potentially execute bytecode that provides the actual boot procedure's functionality.

Once there's sufficient expendable time to implement the legacy BIOS-version, that other executable (or bytecode) could be executed by the Assembly code without any EFI-functionality.

As the legacy BIOS is slowly fading out of newly released computers' mainboard firmware, it would be better to go over to an UEFI-based approach. The best way to provide the stubs for complete compatibility with legacy BIOS would be to only let the UEFI executable start another executable or potentially execute bytecode that provides the actual boot procedure's functionality. Once there's sufficient expendable time to implement the legacy BIOS-version, that other executable (or bytecode) could be executed by the Assembly code without any EFI-functionality.
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