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PCIe Gen7 is Here!

PCIe Gen7 is Here!
PCIe Gen7 is Here!

On June 11, 2025, PCI-SIG launched PCIe Version 7.0!  The specification is available for download by PCI-SIG members . PCI-SIG has taken a ...

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Introduction to PlantUML

Introduction to PlantUML
Introduction to PlantUML

Introduction PlantUML is an open-source tool that allows users to create diagrams using plain text.  Although its name includes the acronym ...

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Open Source Firmware Conference and UEFI Plugfest

Open Source Firmware Conference and UEFI Plugfest
Open Source Firmware Conference and UEFI Plugfest

Some exciting news from the firmware conference scene.  In a first, the Open Source Firmware Conference (OSFC) approached the UEFI Forum a...

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Pete Batard's Resource for UEFI Shells

Pete Batard's Resource for UEFI Shells
Pete Batard's Resource for UEFI Shells

Sometimes you'd like to do some work in the UEFI Shell, but you don't have one installed on a USB flash drive that's handy. Or ,...

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    JEDEC Manufacturer IDs Are a Mess
    The Vendor ID .  Seems like a pretty prosaic topic.  What's to say?  Every vendor has a numeric identifier that is globally unique so th...
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    Reverse Engineering UEFI with Ghidra
    Ghidra is a free and open-source tool for software reverse engineering.  It is extensible, and allows for application-specific capabilities...
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    “Hello World” Quick-Start with edk2-stable201908
    Periodically, I've written articles describing how to setup the EDK on a system and configure it to build a basic "Hello, World...
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    UEFI Forum Updates All Specs, Dec 2024
    The UEFI Forum updated all three of its specifications in December, 2024:  ACPI, UEFI, and PI. As a refresher: Advanced Configuration and P...
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    EDID and DisplayID
    In " The Before Times" (think: 1980s), there was no way for graphics adapters and monitors to negotiate a common set of supported...
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    RWEverything. Yes, Everything.
    I’ve done many tools reviews in the history of this web site, so it would be unthinkable to neglect to talk about what may be the biggest a...

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