Translations:EFI stub/43/en
From Gentoo Wiki
- UEFI — a firmware standard for boot ROM designed to provide a stable API for interacting with system hardware. On x86 it replaced the legacy BIOS.
- Efibootmgr — a tool for managing UEFI boot entries.
- Architecture specific kernel configuration (AMD64 Handbook)
- REFInd — a boot manager for EFI and UEFI platforms forked from and successor to rEFIt.
- Unified Kernel Image — a single executable which can be booted directly from UEFI firmware, or automatically sourced by boot-loaders with little or no configuration.