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POSIX-UEFI POSIX-UEFI
========== ==========
``` <blockquote>We hate that horrible and ugly UEFI API, we want POSIX!</blockquote>
We hate that horrible and ugly UEFI API, we want POSIX!
```
This is a very small build environment that helps you to develop for UEFI under Linux (and other POSIX systems). It was This is a very small build environment that helps you to develop for UEFI under Linux (and other POSIX systems). It was
greatly inspired by [gnu-efi](https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi) (big big kudos to those guys), but it is a lot greatly inspired by [gnu-efi](https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi) (big big kudos to those guys), but it is a lot
smaller, easier to integrate (works with Clang and GNU gcc both) and easier to use because it provides a POSIX like API. smaller, easier to integrate (works with Clang and GNU gcc both) and easier to use because it provides a POSIX like API
for your UEFI application.
An UEFI environment consist of two parts: a firmware with GUID protocol interfaces and a user library. We cannot change
the former, but we can make the second frendlier. That's what POSIX-UEFI does for your application. It is a small API
wrapper library around the GUID protocols, not a fully blown POSIX compatible libc implementation.
You have two options on how to integrate it into your project: You have two options on how to integrate it into your project: