Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. Under the UEFI Shell 9
6. Chapter 3. What Is the UEFI Shell? 15
7. Chapter 4. Why We Need an Execution Environment before the OS 33
8. Chapter 5. Manufacturing 47
9. Chapter 6. Bare Metal Provisionig 55
10. Chapter 7. Configuration of Provisioned Material 69
11. Chapter 8. The Use of UEFI for Diagnostics 85
12. Chapter 9. UEFI Shell Scripting 107
13. Chapter 10. UEFI Shell Programming 121
14. Chapter 11. Managing UEFI Drivers Using the Shell 165
15. Appendix A. Security Considerations 181
16. Appendix B. Command Reference 189
17. Appendix C. Programming Reference 233
18. Appendix D. UEFI Shell Library 241
19. Index 291