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diff --git a/system/UEFITool/README b/system/UEFITool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..72cd8472a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/UEFITool/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +UEFITool is a cross-platform open source application written in C++/Qt, +that parses UEFI-compatible firmware image into a tree structure, +verifies image's integrity and provides a GUI to manipulate image's +elements. + +Project development started in the middle of 2013 because of the lack +of cross-platform open source utilities for tinkering with UEFI images. + +In the beginning of 2015 the major refactoring round was started to make +the program compatible with newer UEFI features including FFSv3 volumes +and fixed image elements. It's in development right now with the +following features still missing: + +- Editor part, i.e image reconstruction routines +- Console UI +The missing parts are in development and the version with a new engine + +will be made as soon as image reconstruction works again. |