Harnessing the UEFI Shell: Moving the Platform Beyond Dos

Focusing on the use of the Uefi Shell and its recently released formal specification, this book unlocks a wide range of usage models which can help people best utilize the shell solutions. This text also expands on the obvious intended utilization of the shell and explains how it can be used in various areas such as security, networking, configuration, and other anticipated uses such as manufacturing, diagnostics, etc. Among other topics, Harnessing the Uefi Shell demonstrates how to write Shell scripts, how to write a Shell application, how to use provisioning options and more. Since the Shell is also a Uefi component, the book will make clear how the two things interoperate and how both Shell developers as well as Uefi developers can dip into the other's field to further expand the power of their solutions. Harnessing the Uefi Shell is authored by the three chairs of the Uefi working sub-teams, Michael Rothman (Intel, chair of the Uefi Configuration and Uefi Shell sub-teams), Vincent Zimmer (Intel, chair of the Uefi networking sub-team and security sub-team), and Tim Lewis (Insyde Software, chair of the Uefi security sub-team). This book is perfect for any Oems that ship Uefi-based solutions (which is all of the Mncs such as Ibm, Dell, Hp, Apple, etc.), software developers who are focused on delivering solutions targeted to manufacturing, diagnostics, hobbyists, or stand-alone kiosk environments.

本書專注於使用Uefi Shell及其最近發布的正式規範，揭示了一系列使用模型，幫助人們最佳地利用Shell解決方案。本書還擴展了Shell的明顯預期用途，並解釋了它如何在安全、網絡、配置等各個領域以及製造、診斷等其他預期用途中使用。《利用Uefi Shell》一書還演示了如何編寫Shell腳本、編寫Shell應用程序、使用配置選項等等。由於Shell也是Uefi的一個組件，本書將清楚地說明這兩者如何互相操作，以及Shell開發人員和Uefi開發人員如何在對方的領域中進一步擴展其解決方案的功能。《利用Uefi Shell》的作者是Uefi工作小組的三位主席：Michael Rothman（Intel，Uefi配置和Uefi Shell小組主席）、Vincent Zimmer（Intel，Uefi網絡和安全小組主席）和Tim Lewis（Insyde Software，Uefi安全小組主席）。本書非常適合所有提供基於Uefi的解決方案的OEM（包括IBM、戴爾、惠普、蘋果等所有MNCs）、專注於提供針對製造、診斷、愛好者或獨立櫃台環境的解決方案的軟件開發人員。