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Friday, August 22 • 1:45pm - 2:35pm
UEFI Test Tools for Linux Developers - Brian Richardson, Intel & Alex Hung, Canonical

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Stable Linux deployments depend on quality firmware. This includes UEFI runtime services, ACPI and security vulnerabilities. This presentation gives an overview of UEFI test tools available in open source (FWTS, CHIPSEC and the Linux UEFI Validation OS) and discusses how they are relevant to Linux development.

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Alex Hung

Software Engineer, Canonical Group Ltd.
Alex Hung is a lead software engineer at Canonical, Ltd. specializing in BIOS architecture and Linux kernel development. As a representative of the UEFI Forum, Hung orchestrates firmware testing with UEFI BIOS and Ubuntu. At UEFI Plugfests, Mr. Hung participates in the specification... Read More →
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Brian Richardson

Director, Firmware Ecosystem Engagement, Intel Corporation
Brian Richardson works for Intel on Firmware Ecosystem Engagement, having spent most of his career as a "BIOS guy" working on the firmware that quietly boots billions of computers. He has focused on the industry transition to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), demystifying... Read More →

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