In my organization, we use the popular Subversion version control system. I’m a Subversion fan, although I appreciate and enjoy git and M...
Subversion, UEFI Strings, and Patch Incompatibility
Neat Things from COMDEX 1987
On a fabulous Computer Chronicles , Stewart and crew visited the COMDEX computer dealers’ conference in Las Vegas, in 1987. There were sev...
Language Applications for UEFI BIOS
Earlier this year I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an M.S. in Engineering, majoring in Electrical & Computer Eng...
Tonight I Celebrate My luv (OS)
Yes, thank you Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack for the title inspiration: Yes! Stay Classy 1983! With all due respect to Peabo and Roberta...
The Inside Story of Windows NT
A neat book I just finished is Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft , by G. Pascal Zac...
A Tour of the Intel BITS
Burt and Josh Triplett have created a nifty tool for validating that a BIOS has successfully configured Intel resources such as: MSRs C-...
My Favorite Obituary
Okay, I know it’s a bizarre title, but bear with me. Mr. Tom Halfhill , a computer journalist I grew up reading in COMPUTE! magazine, wrot...
DMTF Webinars Now Available On-Demand
The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) produces standards of great interest to BIOS developers. (e.g., SMBIOS) Did you know that DMTF we...
Uncrustify Your BIOS
One of my favorite newsletters is Jack Ganssle ’s The Embedded Muse . In a recent issue , Jack discussed helpful tools for embedded system...
Quick-Start Guide to UDK2014
Getting the UEFI Development Kit (UDK) installed and building is the first step in attempting to work in BIOS development. Here is my exper...
A Book Every BIOS Engineer Will Love
Vincent Zimmer published a blog post asking if there was a particular book that inspired your choice of profession. For me, one of my favo...
Could This Be The Wrongest Prediction Of All Time?
In yet another fantastic Computer Chronicles episode, Stewart and Gary are this time talking to computer entrepreneurs. The year is 1984. ...
The Case of the Mysterious __chkstk
I was making a small change to a function: adding to it a couple UINTN auto variables, a new auto EFI_GUID variable, and a handful of chang...
As the Apple ][ Goes, So Goes the iPhone
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With the great success of the iPhone comes many illegal knock-off manufacturers. Sound familiar? It should—Stewart Cheifet reported the sa...
Apple iWatch Revealed! (in 1985)
In another great episode of the Computer Chronicles , Stewart and Gary demonstrate a watch-based computer. In yet another example of “the m...
Will I Be Jailed For Saying “UEFI BIOS”?
To hear some people talk, it is a crime to say “UEFI BIOS”. No, they insist, there was “BIOS”, which has been supplanted by “UEFI”, or “UEF...
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