Subrata Banik,Vincent Zimmer
System Firmware: An Essential Guide to Open Source and Embedded Solutions
System Firmware: An Essential Guide to Open Source and Embedded Solutions
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This book provides an architectural overview of popular boot firmware, including Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), coreboot, and Slim Bootloader, and helps you decide how to choose the right boot firmware for your products and develop your own boot firmware using open source.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 628 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Publisher: APress
This comprehensive guide delves into the realm of system boot firmware, offering a detailed exploration of its architecture, development, and optimization. It provides a comprehensive overview of popular boot firmware, including Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), coreboot, and Slim Bootloader, and their respective market segments based on product development and deployment requirements.
Traditional system firmware often exhibits complexity and is characterized by closed source development, whereas modern firmware represents a hybrid approach, combining elements of both closed and open source. However, as we envision the future of firmware, what might a future model look like?
The most simplistic boot firmware solution involves the utilization of open source firmware development. This book serves as a valuable resource for individuals seeking to choose the right boot firmware for their products and develop their own boot firmware using open source methodologies.
Within its pages, readers will gain a deep understanding of the architecture of standard and popular boot firmware, enabling them to make informed decisions about the appropriate bootloader for their specific target hardware. The book also delves into the design of hybrid workflow models, leveraging closed source for faster bring-up activities and binary integration with open source firmware, to optimize the system firmware boot time.
Furthermore, readers will explore popular payload architectures and offerings for embedded systems, selecting the right payload for their bootloader solution to successfully boot to the operating system. The book also emphasizes the importance of optimizing the system firmware boot time based on target hardware requirements, ensuring efficient and reliable boot processes.
In addition, readers will gain insights into the product development cycle using open source, recognizing the benefits and challenges associated with this approach. By the end of this guide, readers will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to design, develop, and optimize system boot firmware, enabling them to create robust and secure boot solutions for their products.
Weight: 997g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484279380
Edition number: 1st ed.
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