This is precisely why UEFI is a heap of garbage, and things like coreboot, u-boot are much more appealing. It is far too complicated, and the complexity of the

This is precisely why UEFI is a heap of garbage, and things like coreboot, u-boot are much more appealing. It is far too complicated, and the complexity of the standard, coupled with half-assed vendor code, mean that not only is the boot process more fragile, it's also much less secure.