Unified Extensible Firmware Interface: Revision history

15 April 2024

• curprev 07:5207:52, 15 April 2024‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,297 bytes −112‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: GRUB's i386-efi works now, see https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/grub/-/issues/5

19 March 2024

• curprev 21:3421:34, 19 March 2024‎ Andret talk contribs‎ 37,409 bytes 0‎ write everywhere "BOOTx64.EFI", not suddenly all in capital letters ("X64" instead of "x64")
• curprev 21:3021:30, 19 March 2024‎ Andret talk contribs‎ 37,409 bytes +2‎ →‎Default boot path for removable drives: According UEFI specification, the fallback bootloader file is BOOTIA32.EFI, not BOOTIA.EFI; see https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.10/03_Boot_Manager.html#removable-media-boot-behavior
• curprev 13:2913:29, 19 March 2024‎ Hanabishi talk contribs‎ 37,407 bytes −230‎ →‎Linux kernel configuration options for UEFI: CONFIG_EFI_VARS removed completely since 6.0 kernel

3 March 2024

• curprev 04:0904:09, 3 March 2024‎ Mearon talk contribs‎ 37,637 bytes −124‎ →‎efibootmgr: Remove second efibootmgr command, because the current example works with /dev/sda, not /dev/nvme0n1, and thus it might confuse users. Also, according to the description above and the man page, the command has wrong arguments, since a partition is passed to --disk.

18 January 2024

• curprev 15:0615:06, 18 January 2024‎ Hanabishi talk contribs‎ 37,761 bytes +23‎ Canonicalize efibootmgr EFI paths for consistency

16 December 2023

• curprev 11:4111:41, 16 December 2023‎ Lahwaacz talk contribs‎ m 37,738 bytes −6‎ →‎Disable UEFI variable access: grammar
• curprev 09:0209:02, 16 December 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,744 bytes +3‎ →‎OVMF for virtual machines: use the bigger "4m" OVMF files to give more space for UEFI variables

11 December 2023

• curprev 11:4011:40, 11 December 2023‎ Hanabishi talk contribs‎ 37,741 bytes +227‎ →‎Disable UEFI variable access: Add information about UEFI exploit

9 November 2023

• curprev 10:3910:39, 9 November 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ m 37,514 bytes −153‎ →‎UEFI drivers: update Template:Expansion
• curprev 10:3510:35, 9 November 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,667 bytes +357‎ →‎UEFI drivers: add tip about systemd-boot & rEFInd autoloading drivers placed in certain directories

10 October 2023

• curprev 08:4508:45, 10 October 2023‎ Delapouite talk contribs‎ m 37,310 bytes +13‎ add man link to findmnt

11 September 2023

• curprev 15:2315:23, 11 September 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,297 bytes +168‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: add a warning about GRUB's i386-efi target being broken
• curprev 15:1515:15, 11 September 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,129 bytes −56‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: rm GRUB from the note since its i386-efi target is broken, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/79098

8 September 2023

• curprev 10:5810:58, 8 September 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,185 bytes +17‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: systemd 254.2-1 package ships with IA32 systemd-boot, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/79531

26 August 2023

• curprev 07:5207:52, 26 August 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,168 bytes +9‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: wording; limit scope to x86_64 systems, since there are non-x86_64 Apple Macs
• curprev 07:4807:48, 26 August 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 37,159 bytes −25‎ the UEFI specification calls the architecture "x64"

6 August 2023

• curprev 00:1100:11, 6 August 2023‎ Clayhud talk contribs‎ m 37,184 bytes +2‎ I corrected two instances of "a EFI", replacing them with "an EFI". When reading either "EFI" or "Extensible Firmware Interface", the leading vowel in both cases dictates that "an" is the correct indefinite article to use.

3 August 2023

• curprev 13:1413:14, 3 August 2023‎ Prince213 talk contribs‎ 37,182 bytes +22‎ →‎UEFI firmware bitness: Fix dead link

30 July 2023

• curprev 08:5508:55, 30 July 2023‎ Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs‎ 37,160 bytes +134‎ update status of external links Tag: wiki-scripts

8 July 2023

• curprev 17:0017:00, 8 July 2023‎ Lahwaacz talk contribs‎ m 37,026 bytes −1‎ →‎Launching UEFI Shell: grammar - firmware is uncountable: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/firmware

17 June 2023

• curprev 18:2918:29, 17 June 2023‎ Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs‎ 37,027 bytes +41‎ update status of external links Tag: wiki-scripts

13 June 2023

• curprev 09:2009:20, 13 June 2023‎ Rubo talk contribs‎ 36,986 bytes −8‎ UEFI and EFI are not the same thing, see the UEFI specification, chapter 1, first paragraph

20 May 2023

• curprev 14:1414:14, 20 May 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ m 36,994 bytes −60‎ fix dead links
• curprev 14:0514:05, 20 May 2023‎ Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs‎ 37,054 bytes +70‎ update status of external links Tag: wiki-scripts

8 April 2023

• curprev 11:0611:06, 8 April 2023‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 36,984 bytes −61‎ →‎DUET for BIOS only systems: wikilink

7 April 2023

• curprev 16:2616:26, 7 April 2023‎ Hanabishi talk contribs‎ 37,045 bytes +7‎ →‎DUET for BIOS only systems: Turn plain urls into hyperlinks
• curprev 16:2516:25, 7 April 2023‎ Hanabishi talk contribs‎ 37,038 bytes +100‎ →‎DUET for BIOS only systems: Mark dead links
• curprev 14:5114:51, 7 April 2023‎ Larsch talk contribs‎ 36,938 bytes +5‎ Replace CloverBootLoader link with new location

4 March 2023

• curprev 19:0919:09, 4 March 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 36,933 bytes −1,015‎ →‎Windows 7 will not boot in UEFI mode: remove section, flagged for a week

24 February 2023

• curprev 11:4311:43, 24 February 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ m 37,948 bytes +4‎ →‎Boot entries are randomly removed: Missed italics on one occurrence of "esp"
• curprev 11:4211:42, 24 February 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 37,944 bytes −104‎ →‎Boot entries are randomly removed: Update wording
• curprev 11:3911:39, 24 February 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 38,048 bytes +1,690‎ →‎Troubleshooting: Merge from EFISTUB#Boot entries are randomly removed
• curprev 11:3611:36, 24 February 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ m 36,358 bytes 0‎ →‎USB media gets struck with black screen: capitalization
• curprev 11:3611:36, 24 February 2023‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 36,358 bytes +111‎ →‎Windows 7 will not boot in UEFI mode: Flag for removal

19 November 2022

• curprev 10:4010:40, 19 November 2022‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ m 36,247 bytes +1‎ Undo revision 757405 by CodingKoopa (talk) - Help:Style/White space#Generic rules: "In the body of the article, separate special blocks (the related articles box, lists, code blocks, article status templates, notes, tips, warnings etc.) from normal text with an empty line." Tag: Undo

18 November 2022

• curprev 15:1215:12, 18 November 2022‎ CodingKoopa talk contribs‎ m 36,246 bytes −1‎ Undo revision 757210 by CodingKoopa (talk) see Help:Style/White space#Generic rules Tags: Undo Reverted

17 November 2022

• curprev 02:2402:24, 17 November 2022‎ CodingKoopa talk contribs‎ m 36,247 bytes +1‎ whitespace Tag: Reverted

14 November 2022

• curprev 18:2518:25, 14 November 2022‎ Aurantius talk contribs‎ 36,246 bytes +33‎ Add Unified kernel image to related articles

21 October 2022

• curprev 05:5505:55, 21 October 2022‎ Xayiver talk contribs‎ m 36,213 bytes +1‎ →‎Windows 7 will not boot in UEFI mode: add a comma
• curprev 05:5305:53, 21 October 2022‎ Xayiver talk contribs‎ m 36,212 bytes +1‎ →‎efibootmgr: add a comma

9 October 2022

• curprev 09:5609:56, 9 October 2022‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 36,211 bytes +40‎ →‎UEFI drivers: wording & style, add prompts
• curprev 08:5008:50, 9 October 2022‎ Regid talk contribs‎ m 36,171 bytes +8‎ →‎UEFI drivers: efifs is a package
• curprev 08:4708:47, 9 October 2022‎ Regid talk contribs‎ m 36,163 bytes +4‎ →‎UEFI drivers: Presenting the problem at the beginning of the paragraph. Not at the end.
• curprev 01:5201:52, 9 October 2022‎ Regid talk contribs‎ 36,159 bytes +536‎ →‎UEFI drivers: Trying to address the 1st part of the looked for expansion. Explaining what a UEFI driver is. And giving an example how to use such a driver. The example is copied verbatim from the Usage section of https://efi.akeo.ie/.

5 October 2022

• curprev 16:1016:10, 5 October 2022‎ CodingKoopa talk contribs‎ 35,623 bytes +44‎ →‎From Linux: add link about booting in UEFI mode

9 September 2022

• curprev 12:5612:56, 9 September 2022‎ Nl6720 talk contribs‎ 35,579 bytes 0‎ efibootmgr output has changed, remove -v/--verbose since it's too verbose, add --unicode to make the parameters readable

8 September 2022

• curprev 09:1709:17, 8 September 2022‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 35,579 bytes −2,189‎ →‎System boots to EFI shell after hardware change or starting other operating system: remove section as flagged last week

23 August 2022

• curprev 13:4013:40, 23 August 2022‎ Erus Iluvatar talk contribs‎ 37,768 bytes +124‎ →‎System boots to EFI shell after hardware change or starting other operating system: Flag problematic section for removal

22 August 2022

• curprev 21:3421:34, 22 August 2022‎ MerePotatoHead talk contribs‎ m 37,644 bytes 0‎ Changed "/usr/bin/efibootmgr" to a link to the efibootmgr section because a) Full path is redundant. b) Having a link would be more helpful for those who want to learn more from within the wiki