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Jan :rust: :ferris:
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Okay, I'm ready to share my literal first published Rust crate: an Embedded-Graphics draw target for the UEFI Graphics Output Protocol! https://crates.io/crates/embedded-graphics-gop
It offers single- and double-buffered versions of draw targets for both the blitting routines and utilizing direct framebuffer access.
Cory Doctorow
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I've been reading about and by necessity mucking about with UEFI boot-related matters the past while as I get settled with Linux, reorganize partitions, etc., which led eventually to this – a sobering & still-topical read on the hardware/firmware-level erosion of your privacy and control of your own IT:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/18/descartes-delenda-est/#self-destruct-sequence-initiated
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot_criticism
Okay, I'm ready to share my literal first published Rust crate: an Embedded-Graphics draw target for the UEFI Graphics Output Protocol! https://crates.io/crates/embedded-graphics-gop
It offers single- and double-buffered versions of draw targets for both the blitting routines and utilizing direct framebuffer access.
I've been reading about and by necessity mucking about with UEFI boot-related matters the past while as I get settled with Linux, reorganize partitions, etc., which led eventually to this – a sobering & still-topical read on the hardware/firmware-level erosion of your privacy and control of your own IT:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/18/descartes-delenda-est/#self-destruct-sequence-initiated
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot_criticism
Stefano Marinelli
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The #Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to #Kernel
https://www.0xkato.xyz/linux-boot/
0xkato writes: ""You press the power button. A second later a wall of text scrolls by, or a logo fades in, and eventually Linux appears. What happens in between is not magic. It is a careful handshake between tiny programs and a very literal CPU. This part follows that handshake until the very first line of C code inside the #LinuxKernel runs.""
The #Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to #Kernel
https://www.0xkato.xyz/linux-boot/
0xkato writes: ""You press the power button. A second later a wall of text scrolls by, or a logo fades in, and eventually Linux appears. What happens in between is not magic. It is a careful handshake between tiny programs and a very literal CPU. This part follows that handshake until the very first line of C code inside the #LinuxKernel runs.""
