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From: "Pedro Falcato" <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 22:02:53 +0000
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Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] How to add a DXE driver to an OVMF image?
To: devel@edk2.groups.io, d.meneses@softi9.pt
Cc: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
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On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:02 PM d.meneses via groups.io <d.meneses=
softi9.pt@groups.io> wrote:

> It needs to run from FLASH and not an EFI partition.
>
Why flash?

> It needs to run at startup before the boot loader and OS.
> This is in order to make it non-removable and unskippable, unlike apps in
> /EFI/BOOT.
> I am aware of the other options you've mentioned, I've even done it on a
> real machine.
> 
>
>

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Pedro Falcato

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:02 PM d.meneses=
 via <a href=3D"http://groups.io">groups.io</a> &lt;d.meneses=3D<a href=3D"=
mailto:softi9.pt@groups.io">softi9.pt@groups.io</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I=
t needs to run from FLASH and not an EFI partition. <br></blockquote><div>W=
hy flash? <br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It ne=
eds to run at startup before the boot loader and OS. <br>This is in order t=
o make it non-removable and unskippable, unlike apps in /EFI/BOOT.<br>I am =
aware of the other options you&#39;ve mentioned, I&#39;ve even done it on a=
 real machine.


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