Comment by tremon 19 hours ago Is it real bare-metal if you're using UEFI, though? 1 comment tremon Reply RetroTechie 18 hours ago > Is it real bare-metal if you're using UEFI, though?If I'm not mistaken, the "bare metal" part refers to how directly you can touch it once control passes to your code. So definitely qualifies imho.Not whether a 'glorified bootloader' burned some CPU cycles before that.The "bare metal" qualifier goes away if underlying OS prevents your code from touching the hardware directly.
RetroTechie 18 hours ago > Is it real bare-metal if you're using UEFI, though?If I'm not mistaken, the "bare metal" part refers to how directly you can touch it once control passes to your code. So definitely qualifies imho.Not whether a 'glorified bootloader' burned some CPU cycles before that.The "bare metal" qualifier goes away if underlying OS prevents your code from touching the hardware directly.
> Is it real bare-metal if you're using UEFI, though?
If I'm not mistaken, the "bare metal" part refers to how directly you can touch it once control passes to your code. So definitely qualifies imho.
Not whether a 'glorified bootloader' burned some CPU cycles before that.
The "bare metal" qualifier goes away if underlying OS prevents your code from touching the hardware directly.