I wanna use UEFI, should kernel be EFI app on just bin file?

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MrCookie
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I wanna use UEFI, should kernel be EFI app on just bin file?

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If I want to get the most out of UEFI, should the kernel and other critical OS components be in EFI application format, or can they be just a binaries?
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Re: I wanna use UEFI, should kernel be EFI app on just bin f

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Typical solution is to have a loader EFI app that sets everything up for the kernel, then calls ExitBootServices() and runs the kernel. That way, the kernel can be in whatever format you should choose.
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