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Oh the UEFI code is run by the main processor.. somehow I had always assumed it was running on some micro-processor on the mobo.
by im3w1l 6y ago
Oh the UEFI code is run by the main processor.. somehow I had always assumed it was running on some micro-processor on the mobo.
- 0zymandiass 6y agoAh. Yeah. The motherboard just loads BIOS/UEFI into a predefined memory address and then starts the CPU This is a pretty good explanation https://manybutfinite.com/post/how-computers-boot-up/ https://manybutfinite.com/post/how-computers-boot-up/ > In a multi-processor or multi-core system one CPU is dynamically chosen to be the bootstrap processor (BSP) that runs all of the BIOS and kernel initialization code These days, the "bootstrap processor" is a separate core that your OS can't see. On Intel it's the IME (running Minix) and on AMD it's the PSP (ARM TrustZone)