Find overview of Intel® BLDK - a software toolkit that allows for creation of customized and optmized firmware for Embedded Intel® processor - based platforms.

Version:  001 : April 2011

Learn more about the Intel® Boot Loader Development Kit based on the Intel® UEFI Development Kit 2010 in this detailed overview.

Version:  1 : October 2011

Find overview of Intel® BLDK - a software toolkit that allows for creation of customized and optmized firmware for Embedded Intel® processor - based platforms.

Version:  001 : April 2011

This document describes a low-cost fast-boot solution for embedded system using Intel® architecture to very quickly and efficiently initialize the system.

Here is an architectural overview of Intel® BLDK to include the features, capabilities and roadmap for the rapid development and deployment of boot loaders.

Learn more about the Intel® Boot Loader Development Kit based on the Intel® UEFI Development Kit 2010 in this detailed overview.

Version:  1 : October 2011

Watch this high-level introduction to Intel® BLDK, supported platforms, product features and support from the 3rd party ecosystem.

Version:  July 2011

Use the Intel® BLDK with Microsoft* Auto* 4.0 on the Intel® Atom™ Processor Z5xx Series and Intel® System Controller Hub platform to avoid the standard BIOS overhead.

File Type/Size:  PDF 100KB

Version:  1 : October 2009

This paper describes the concept of Platform Configuration Database (PCD) Entries as well as specifies the definitions for the PCD types which were introduced for the EDKII.

Version:  001 : May 2011

Key design features of the Fast Boot Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) and Embedded Pre-OS Graphics (EPOG) drivers for execution times of 90ms – 140ms.

File Type/Size:  PDF 90KB

Version:  001 : December 2009

This paper documents the investigation/POC involving enabling a sub 2-second EFI BIOS boot time on embedded platforms featuring the Intel® Atom™ processor.

Version:  September 2008

This paper explores technical issues around building, debugging and deploying embedded firmware on an Intel® architecture system.

Version:  January 2009

Documenting the order, minimum steps required, and a central repository of the various documents necessary to boot an Intel® Embedded platform.

Version:  1 : January 2010

Through BIOS engineering choices and specific marketing requirements, discover how to optimize performance and reduce platform boost time based on UEFI Development Kit (UDK) 2010.

Version:  1 : January 2011

This paper presents a series of methods and tips that enable a BIOS engineer to optimize the underlying platform BIOS so that it can reduce a platform’s boot speed.

Version:  001 : June 2009

Release notes provide a history of releases, software and hardware configuration, limitations and known issues associated with Intel® BLDK Development Application.

Version:  July 2011

Release notes provide a history of releases, software and hardware configuration, limitations and known issues associated with Intel® BLDK development application.

Release notes provide a history of releases, software and hardware configuration, limitations and known issues associated with Intel® BLDK core for Crown Bay.

File Type/Size:  PDF 77KB

Version:  2.3.6.8 : January 2012

Release notes provide a history of releases, software and hardware configuration, limitations and known issues associated with Intel® BLDK core for Foxbrook.

File Type/Size:  binary/octet-stream 129KB

Version:  2.3.5.6 : October 2011

This manual provides installation information and process for building and customizing the code base using the development application on to the host machine.

Version:  003 : January 2012

This manual provides overview of Intel® BLDK, its architecture and instructions for using it along with debugging information.

Version:  003 : January 2012

This book provides reader with solid examples of how to implement the UEFI specification from booting a system to the constituent elements of building a platform with the framework.

This document is a guideline for new EDK II module developers, and provides detailed instructions on how to develop and build a new module, and how to release with a package.

Version:  0.7 : March 2010

This document provides guidance to aid the development of EFI drivers including design guidelines for different driver-related protocols and for PCI, USB and SCSI buses.

This package includes the ASL optimizing compiler and AML disassembler and binary utilities to work with your ACPI tables.

Version:  April 2011

This specification describes the structures and mechanisms necessary to design operating system-directed power management and make advanced configuration architectures possible.

Version:  3.0a : December 2005

This describes the design elements for constructing platform firmware based on UEFI standard for Intel® architecture based platforms.

This specification defines the core code and services related to different phases of the platform initialization. It also describes firmware storage and hand-off block (HOB) concepts.

Version:  1.2 : July 2010

This document describes an interface between the operating system (OS) and the platform firmware so as to communicate the information necessary to support the OS boot process.

Version:  2.3.1 : April 2011

The Intel® UDK debugger tool helps debug UDK based firmware implementation on IA including Intel® BLDK. Execute the EXE file to install the tool and the user manual.

This whitepaper provides the information to boot Timesys* Fedora* 14 on Crown Bay CRB using the UEFI aware Intel® BLDK.

Version:  001 : July 2011

The toolkit includes object libraries, sample source and make files, and development environment tools and control environments for developing firmware binary boot images.

The toolkit includes object libraries, sample source and make files, and Integrated Development Environment tools and control environments for developing firmware binary boot images.

This BLDK GOLD release contains firmware component designed to perform basic initialization on the Queens Bay platform based customer reference board (Crown Bay).

Release notes provide a history of releases, software and hardware configuration, limitations and known issues associated with Queens Bay platform and Crown Bay customer reference board (CRB).

File Type/Size:  PDF 105KB

Version:  1.3.6.21 : March 2011

This BLDK GOLD release contains firmware component designed to perform basic initialization on the Luna Pier platform based customer reference board (Moon Creek).

Expedite embedded development by performing basic platform initialization with the Intel® BLDK for the Crown Beach Customer Reference Board (Intel® Atom™ Processor Z5xx Series).

Boot Loader Development Kit with Microsoft* Auto* 4.0 and the Intel® Atom™ Processor Z5xx Series and Intel® System Controller Hub potentially avoids standard BIOS overhead.

Information and instructions for Intel® Embedded platforms including a product overview, architectural overview, boot time optimizations, and usage.

File Type/Size:  PDF 1,287KB

Version:  1.4 : January 2011

Instructions for installing, configuring, and running the Intel® BLDK Integrated Development Environment tools and control environments for developing customer firmware binary boot images.

File Type/Size:  PDF 266KB

Version:  1.3 : February 2011

This document describes the currently available legacy interrupt service routines (ISRs) that have been implemented for the Intel® BLDK.

File Type/Size:  PDF 144KB

An overview of the planning stage and the steps required to perform a port from a non-IA platform to an Intel® Atom™ processor based platform.

File Type/Size:  PDF 131KB

Version:  0.5 : April 2010

This document is a compilation of device and document errata and specification clarifications and changes.

File Type/Size:  PDF 166KB

Version:  0.7 : August 2010