Firmware Settings and Menus

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Examines firmware user interfaces for configuring hardware, security, and boot options, comparing (U)EFI approaches since 2003 with modern OEM UIs and open implementations like webboot’s menu, System76’s UI, EDK2, and Dasharo. Describes prototyping environments used to develop these interfaces and concludes with considerations for reusable, portable API abstractions for firmware settings and menus.

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