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- Add 2014Q1 status report for UEFI boot

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<!-- XXX: Keep the number of entries updated -->
<p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report
contains 14 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
contains 15 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
<p>The deadline for submissions covering between April and
June 2014 is July 7th, 2014.</p>
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BSDCan&nbsp;2014.</task>
</help>
</project>
<project cat='kern'>
<title>UEFI Boot</title>
<contact>
<person>
<name>
<given>Ed</given>
<common>Maste</common>
</name>
<email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
</contact>
<links>
<url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI">Project page on the wiki</url>
</links>
<body>
<p>The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides boot-
and run-time services for x86 computers, and is a replacement
for the legacy BIOS. This project will adapt the &os; loader
and kernel boot process for compatibility with UEFI firmware,
found on contemporary servers, desktops, and laptops.</p>
<p>Starting with &a.rpaulo;'s <tt>i386</tt> EFI loader, &a.benno;
developed a working proof-of-concept <tt>amd64</tt> loader in 2013
under sponsorship from the &os; Foundation. After refinement,
that work has now been merged from the <tt>projects/uefi</tt>
Subversion branch into &os; <tt>head</tt>. The project includes
the infrastructure to build a UEFI-enabled loader, and the
kernel-side changes to parse metadata provided by the
loader.</p>
<p>A number of integration tasks remain, with a plan to have UEFI
installation and boot support merged to <tt>stable/10</tt> in
time for &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</p>
</body>
<sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor>
<help>
<task>Document manual installation, including dual-boot
configurations.</task>
<task>Implement chain-loading from UFS/ZFS file systems.</task>
<task>Integrate UEFI configuration with the &os; installer.</task>
<task>Support secure boot.</task>
</help>
</project>
</report>