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</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>
<person>
<name>
<given>Nathan</given>
<common>Whitehorn</common>
</name>
<email>nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
</contact>
<links>
<url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI">&os; UEFI wiki page</url>
<url href="http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/">&os;&nbsp;snapshots</url>
</links>
<body>
<p>The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, or UEFI, provides
boot- and run-time services for x86 and other computers. For
the x86 architecture it replaces 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>Over the last three months Ed and others refined the existing
UEFI support and merged it to the stable/10 branch for the
upcoming &os; 10.1 release.</p>
<p>To avoid the risk of a regression, the standard &os; 10.1
install images continue to use the existing partitioning
scheme and support only legacy BIOS boot. Separate
UEFI-enabled installer images will be included with 10.1.</p>
</body>
<sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor>
<help>
<task>
<p>Document manual installation, including dual-boot
configurations.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Implement boot1.efi for ZFS file systems.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Add support for UEFI variables stored in non-volatile
memory (NVRAM).</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Debug boot failures with certain UEFI firmware
implementations.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Support secure boot.</p>
</task>
</help>
</project>
</report>