Open System Firmware Projects
summary
Three open projects promise concrete changes: Linux in flash plus an initramfs called u-root in Go replaces hundreds of mysterious binary drivers (one demo cuts 400 to 80 drivers), removes the OS-present app, and enables kexec-based boot. Boot builds that took an hour now take minutes and UEFI boot time drops from about 8 minutes to 20 seconds on deployed nodes. Open Compute work produces draft specs for secure boot, attestation, provisioning, rollback, and interoperable host–BMC interfaces; 15 public platforms exist now.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:20Linux Boot
- 5:43Firmware Ownership
- 8:57What we want
- 12:26Legal Framework
- 13:04Help
- 14:48OCP Security
- 22:03Open System Firmware Mission
- 23:23Open Edk Dixie Core
- 25:17Security by obscurity
- 25:58Open VMC
- 29:20IT Renew
- 35:45Diversity
- 39:32Accountability
- 41:48PCR Mapping
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