Rollup merge of #119937 - nicholasbishop:bishop-uefi-doc-improve, r=ehuss

Improve UEFI target docs

* Add a section showing exactly how to build a driver instead of an application
* Add links to the crates mentioned in the doc

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@ -82,13 +82,29 @@ rustup target add x86_64-unknown-uefi
cargo build --target x86_64-unknown-uefi
```
### Building a driver
There are three types of UEFI executables: application, boot service
driver, and runtime driver. All of Rust's UEFI targets default to
producing applications. To build a driver instead, pass a
[`subsystem`][linker-subsystem] linker flag with a value of
`efi_boot_service_driver` or `efi_runtime_driver`.
Example:
```toml
# In .cargo/config.toml:
[build]
rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=/subsystem:efi_runtime_driver"]
```
## Testing
UEFI applications can be copied into the ESP on any UEFI system and executed
via the firmware boot menu. The qemu suite allows emulating UEFI systems and
executing UEFI applications as well. See its documentation for details.
The [uefi-run](https://github.com/Richard-W/uefi-run) rust tool is a simple
The [uefi-run] rust tool is a simple
wrapper around `qemu` that can spawn UEFI applications in qemu. You can install
it via `cargo install uefi-run` and execute qemu applications as
`uefi-run ./application.efi`.
@ -132,19 +148,19 @@ have been developed to provide access to UEFI protocols and make UEFI
programming more ergonomic in rust. The following list is a short overview (in
alphabetical ordering):
- **efi**: *Ergonomic Rust bindings for writing UEFI applications*. Provides
- **[efi][efi-crate]**: *Ergonomic Rust bindings for writing UEFI applications*. Provides
_rustified_ access to UEFI protocols, implements allocators and a safe
environment to write UEFI applications.
- **r-efi**: *UEFI Reference Specification Protocol Constants and Definitions*.
- **[r-efi]**: *UEFI Reference Specification Protocol Constants and Definitions*.
A pure transpose of the UEFI specification into rust. This provides the raw
definitions from the specification, without any extended helpers or
_rustification_. It serves as baseline to implement any more elaborate rust
UEFI layers.
- **uefi-rs**: *Safe and easy-to-use wrapper for building UEFI apps*. An
- **[uefi-rs]**: *Safe and easy-to-use wrapper for building UEFI apps*. An
elaborate library providing safe abstractions for UEFI protocols and
features. It implements allocators and provides an execution environment to
UEFI applications written in rust.
- **uefi-run**: *Run UEFI applications*. A small wrapper around _qemu_ to spawn
- **[uefi-run]**: *Run UEFI applications*. A small wrapper around _qemu_ to spawn
UEFI applications in an emulated `x86_64` machine.
## Example: Freestanding
@ -311,3 +327,9 @@ pub fn main() {
The current implementation of std makes `BootServices` unavailable once `ExitBootServices` is called. Refer to [Runtime Drivers](https://edk2-docs.gitbook.io/edk-ii-uefi-driver-writer-s-guide/7_driver_entry_point/711_runtime_drivers) for more information regarding how to handle switching from using physical addresses to using virtual addresses.
Note: It should be noted that it is up to the user to drop all allocated memory before `ExitBootServices` is called.
[efi-crate]: https://github.com/gurry/efi
[linker-subsystem]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/subsystem
[r-efi]: https://github.com/r-efi/r-efi
[uefi-rs]: https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs
[uefi-run]: https://github.com/Richard-W/uefi-run