Re: Disable BIOS menu or set password EDK2

["Ni, Ruiyu" <ruiyu.ni@intel.com>]

Zach,
Please remove the UiApp.inf from FDF file, you can get a no-UI firmware image.

Thanks/Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> Zach Smith
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 12:14 AM
> To: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] Disable BIOS menu or set password EDK2
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Would that be Vlv2TbltDevicePkg/PlatformPkgGccX64.dsc? I do see the line:
> 
> $(PLATFORM_PACKAGE)/UiApp/UiApp.inf
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Zach
> 
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Jul 27, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Zach Smith <zqsmith4926@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I believe MdeModulePkg UiApp is used, because the following lines
> > appear in
> > MdeModulePkg.dsc:
> >
> > MdeModulePkg/Application/UiApp/UiApp.inf
> > MdeModulePkg/Universal/BdsDxe/BdsDxe.inf
> >
> > However, in IntelFrameworkModulePkg.dsc, there is the line:
> >
> > IntelFrameworkModulePkg/Universal/BdsDxe/BdsDxe.inf
> >
> > So does this mean I can or cannot remove UiApp? Can I simply comment
> > out the line in MdeModulePkg.dsc?
> >
> >
> > Zack,
> >
> > MdpModulePkg.dsc and IntelFrameworkModulePkg.dsc are for package
> > maintenance, think of them as a makefile that builds everything in package.
> > A platform would have its own DSC file pulling in the features it needed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew Fish
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zach
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > You need to check Platform DSC/FDF to see whether UiApp is used. If
> > MdeModulePkg BdsDxe and UiApp are used, you can remove UiApp from
> DSC/FDF.
> > If IntelFrameworkModulePkg BdsDxe is used, it includes Bds and UiApp
> both.
> > It is not easy to disable BIOS menu.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Liming
> >
> > *From:* Zach Smith [mailto:zqsmith4926@gmail.com
> > <zqsmith4926@gmail.com>]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2017 11:45 PM
> > *To:* Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [edk2] Disable BIOS menu or set password EDK2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Liming,
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe I found UiApp, but how can I remov it? Can I just remove
> > Vlv2TbltDevicePkg//UiApp/UiApp.inf?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Zach
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Zach:
> >  UDK2015 is a little old. Edk2 trunk has separated UiApp from BDS.
> > UiApp is for BIOS menu. To remove UiApp can disable BIOS menu.
> >
> >  On password, edk2 trunk SecurityPkg\Tcg\Opal\OpalPasswordDxe
> provides
> > the real implementation for Opal supported devices.. You can refer to
> > it for your implementation.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Liming
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org
> > <edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org>] On Behalf Of
> >
> > Zach Smith
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 12:05 AM
> > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > Subject: [edk2] Disable BIOS menu or set password EDK2
> >
> > I am trying to remove the ability to use the BIOS-like menu on my
> > minnowboard, which is running EDK2 firmware:
> >
> > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/minnowboard-max-
> udk20
> > 15
> >
> > However I have been unable to locate anywhere that I can turn this
> > capability off. Is there a way to do this?
> >
> > Failing this, I would like to be able to set a BIOS password, and by
> >
> > going
> >
> > to BIOS > Device Manager > System Setup > Security Configuration, I
> > see
> >
> > the
> >
> > option to "Setup Administrator Password", but setting this password
> > does not seem to do anything, and I see no option to enable the usage
> > of the password.
> >
> >
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