Build your own system firmware. This book helps you understand system
firmware architecture and minimalistic design, and provides a
specialized knowledge of firmware development. The book includes
guidance on understanding the system firmware build procedure,
integrating pieces of firmware and allowing configuration, updating
system firmware, creating a development infrastructure for allowing
multi-party collaboration in firmware development, and gaining advanced
system firmware debugging knowledge.
After reading the book you will be able to assume better control while
developing your own firmware and know how to interact with native
hardware while debugging. You will understand key principles for future
firmware development using newer technology, and be ready for the
introduction of modern safe programming languages for firmware
development. Detailed system firmware development case studies using a
futuristic approach cover:
- Future scalable system firmware development models
- Types of firmware development (system firmware, device firmware,
manageability firmware)
- Tools and their usage while creating system firmware
- How to build infrastructure for seamless firmware development using a
multi-party development model
- Debugging methodologies used during various phases of firmware product
development
- Setting up key expectations for future firmware, including thinner
firmware footprints and faster execution time, easier configuration,
and increased transparent security
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What You Will Learn
- Understand the system firmware working model of the future
- Gain knowledge to say goodbye to proprietary firmware for different
types of firmware development
- Know the different types of tools required for creating firmware
source code before flashing the final image into the boot device of
the embedded system
- Develop skills to understand the failure in firmware or in the system
and prepare the debugging environment to root cause the defects
- Discern the platform minimal security requirement
- Optimize the system firmware boot time based on the target hardware
requirement
- Comprehend the product development cycle using open source firmware
development
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Who This Book Is For
Embedded firmware and software engineers migrating the product
development from closed source firmware to open source firmware for
product adaptation needs as well as engineers working for open source
firmware development. A secondary audience includes engineers working on
various bootloaders such as open source firmware, UEFI, and Slim
Bootloader development, as well as undergraduate and graduate students
working on developing firmware skill sets.
