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Universal Payload for Optimized Firmware Handoff in Server Platforms

Presented by Vincent Zimmer (Intel) | Lean Sheng Tan (9elements) | Arthur Heymans (9elements) With the collaborative effort to redefine the standards in the firmware industry, the Universal Payload (UPL) drives key firmware communities and industry partners towards a unified firmware handoff interface. The UPL allows for decoupling of the platform initialization logic from the more platform-independent but technology specific boot technology, including re-use of the upstream EDKII as the UEFI Payload and upstream Linux kernel and userlands like u-root as the LinuxBoot payload, respectively. This re-use should allow for ease of platform integration, deployment, and servicing as the boot technology concerns are separate from the mainboard & SOC-specific platform details. This should also offer new opportunities for platform designs as the potential platform design targets for payload creators increases. This should also pave a new way towards a common industrial standard lowering the firmware deployment costs and maintenance on server platforms in the long run.