sprout: version 0.0.23

feat(sprout): introduce no_std sprout which uses stable rust

.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: zizmor
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
   pull_request:
-    branches: ["**"]
+    branches:
+    - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
 
 permissions:
   contents: read # Needed to checkout the repository.

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: codeql
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches:
+    - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
   schedule:
   - cron: '33 16 * * 0'
 

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 name: publish
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - main
-
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - main
-    paths:
-    - bin/**
-    - src/**
-    - Cargo.*
-    - rust-toolchain.toml
-    - .github/workflows/publish.yaml
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
 
 permissions:
   contents: read # Needed to checkout the repository.
@@ -48,28 +41,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: 'assemble artifacts'
       run: ./hack/assemble.sh
 
-    - name: 'upload sprout-x86_64.efi.zip artifact'
-      id: upload-sprout-x86_64-efi
+    - name: 'upload artifacts'
+      id: upload
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
       with:
-        name: sprout-x86_64.efi.zip
-        path: target/assemble/sprout-x86_64.efi
+        name: artifacts
+        path: target/assemble/*
 
-    - name: 'upload sprout-aarch64.efi.zip artifact'
-      id: upload-sprout-aarch64-efi
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
-      with:
-        name: sprout-aarch64.efi.zip
-        path: target/assemble/sprout-aarch64.efi
-
-    - name: 'attest sprout-x86_64.efi.zip artifact'
+    - name: 'attest artifacts'
       uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@977bb373ede98d70efdf65b84cb5f73e068dcc2a # v3.0.0
       with:
-        subject-name: sprout-x86_64.efi.zip
-        subject-digest: "sha256:${{ steps.upload-sprout-x86_64-efi.outputs.artifact-digest }}"
-
-    - name: 'attest sprout-aarch64.efi.zip artifact'
-      uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@977bb373ede98d70efdf65b84cb5f73e068dcc2a # v3.0.0
-      with:
-        subject-name: sprout-aarch64.efi.zip
-        subject-digest: "sha256:${{ steps.upload-sprout-aarch64-efi.outputs.artifact-digest }}"
+        subject-name: artifacts.zip
+        subject-digest: "sha256:${{ steps.upload.outputs.artifact-digest }}"

Cargo.lock

@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "edera-sprout"
-version = "0.0.20"
+name = "edera-sprout-boot"
+version = "0.0.23"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "bitflags",
+ "edera-sprout-build",
  "edera-sprout-config",
+ "edera-sprout-eficore",
  "hex",
  "log",
  "sha2",
@@ -79,18 +80,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "uefi-raw",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "edera-sprout-build"
+version = "0.0.23"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "edera-sprout-config"
-version = "0.0.20"
+version = "0.0.23"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "equivalent"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
+name = "edera-sprout-eficore"
+version = "0.0.23"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bitflags",
+ "log",
+ "shlex",
+ "spin",
+ "uefi",
+ "uefi-raw",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
@@ -102,34 +114,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6717a8d2a5a929a1a2eb43a12812498ed141a0bcfb7e8f7844fbdbe4303bba9f"
-dependencies = [
- "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.177"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2874a2af47a2325c2001a6e6fad9b16a53b802102b528163885171cf92b15976"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "224399e74b87b5f3557511d98dff8b14089b3dadafcab6bb93eab67d3aace965"
+dependencies = [
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.28"
@@ -174,6 +179,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.228"
@@ -224,6 +235,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5fe4ccb98d9c292d56fec89a5e07da7fc4cf0dc11e156b41793132775d3e591"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.108"
@@ -241,12 +267,10 @@ version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0dc8b1fb61449e27716ec0e1bdf0f6b8f3e8f6b05391e8497b8b6d7804ea6d8"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
  "serde_core",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
  "toml_parser",
- "toml_writer",
  "winnow",
 ]
 
@@ -268,12 +292,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_writer"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df8b2b54733674ad286d16267dcfc7a71ed5c776e4ac7aa3c3e2561f7c637bf2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.19.0"

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,28 +1,57 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
+  "crates/boot",
+  "crates/build",
   "crates/config",
-  "crates/sprout",
+  "crates/eficore",
 ]
 resolver = "3"
 
 [workspace.package]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.0.20"
+version = "0.0.23"
 homepage = "https://sprout.edera.dev"
 repository = "https://github.com/edera-dev/sprout"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.100"
 bitflags = "2.10.0"
-hex = "0.4.3"
 log = "0.4.28"
-serde = "1.0.228"
-sha2 = "0.10.9"
-toml = "0.9.8"
-uefi = "0.36.0"
+spin = "0.10.0"
 uefi-raw = "0.12.0"
 
+[workspace.dependencies.anyhow]
+version = "1.0.100"
+default-features = false
+
+[workspace.dependencies.hex]
+version = "0.4.3"
+default-features = false
+features = ["alloc"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0.228"
+default-features = false
+features = ["alloc", "derive"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.sha2]
+version = "0.10.9"
+default-features = false
+
+[workspace.dependencies.shlex]
+version = "1.3.0"
+default-features = false
+
+[workspace.dependencies.toml]
+version = "0.9.8"
+default-features = false
+features = ["serde", "parse"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies.uefi]
+version = "0.36.0"
+default-features = false
+features = ["alloc", "global_allocator", "panic_handler"]
+
 # Common build profiles
 # NOTE: We have to compile everything for opt-level = 2 due to optimization passes
 # which don't handle the UEFI target properly.

DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -5,16 +5,23 @@ This guide is a work in progress.
 ## Development Setup
 
 You can use any Rust development environment to develop Sprout.
-
 Rustup is recommended as the Rust toolchain manager to manage Rust versions and targets.
-
-Sprout currently requires Rust nightly to support uefi_std. See [uefi_std](https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/rustc/platform-support/unknown-uefi.html) for more details.
-
 We currently only support `x86_64-unknown-uefi` and `aarch64-unknown-uefi` targets.
 
 To test your changes in QEMU, please run `./hack/dev/boot.sh`, you can specify `x86_64` or `aarch64`
 as an argument to boot.sh to boot the specified architecture.
 
+## Crate Structure
+
+Sprout is split into multiple crates:
+
+- `edera-sprout-boot` as `crates/boot`: Bootloader entrypoint for Sprout.
+- `edera-sprout-build` at `crates/build`: Build logic for Sprout.
+- `edera-sprout-config` at `crates/config`: Serialization structures for the Sprout configuration file.
+- `edera-sprout-eficore` at `crates/eficore`: Core library for Sprout EFI code.
+
+It is intended that overtime Sprout will be split into even more crates.
+
 ## Hack Scripts
 
 You can use the `./hack` scripts to run common development tasks:

Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ARG RUST_PROFILE=release
 ARG RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR=release
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rustlang/rust:nightly-alpine@sha256:34532121803db17008af0cdc4e2e1210466cb257cc9d3840dac42d706640fee5 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.91.0-alpine@sha256:a3e3d30122c08c0ed85dcd8867d956f066be23c32ed67a0453bc04ce478ad69b AS build
 RUN apk --no-cache add musl-dev busybox-static
 ARG RUST_PROFILE
 RUN adduser -S -s /bin/sh build

README.md

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ We recommend running Sprout without Secure Boot for development, and with Secure
 |------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
 | Ubuntu           | ✅                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/signed/ubuntu.md)          |
 | Debian           | ✅                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/signed/debian.md)          |
+| openSUSE         | ✅                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/signed/opensuse.md)        |
 | Fedora           | ❌                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/unsigned/fedora.md)        |
 | Alpine Edge      | ❌                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/unsigned/alpine-edge.md)   |
 | Generic Linux    | ❌                   | [Setup Guide](./docs/setup/unsigned/generic-linux.md) |

crates/boot/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
-name = "edera-sprout"
-description = "Modern UEFI bootloader"
+name = "edera-sprout-boot"
+description = "Sprout: Modern UEFI Bootloader"
 license.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@ edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-bitflags.workspace = true
 edera-sprout-config.path = "../config"
+edera-sprout-eficore.path = "../eficore"
 hex.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
+uefi.workspace = true
+uefi-raw.workspace = true
 
-[dependencies.uefi]
-workspace = true
-features = ["alloc", "logger"]
-
-[dependencies.uefi-raw]
-workspace = true
+[build-dependencies]
+edera-sprout-build.path = "../build"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "sprout"

crates/boot/build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use edera_sprout_build::generate_sbat_module;
+
+/// Build script entry point for Sprout.
+fn main() {
+    // Generate the sbat.generated.rs file.
+    generate_sbat_module();
+}

crates/boot/src/actions.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// EFI chainloader action.
 pub mod chainload;

crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
-use crate::integrations::bootloader_interface::BootloaderInterface;
-use crate::integrations::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport};
 use crate::utils;
-use crate::utils::media_loader::MediaLoaderHandle;
-use crate::utils::media_loader::constants::linux::LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::chainload::ChainloadConfiguration;
+use eficore::bootloader_interface::BootloaderInterface;
+use eficore::media_loader::MediaLoaderHandle;
+use eficore::media_loader::constants::linux::LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID;
+use eficore::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport};
 use log::error;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use uefi::CString16;
 use uefi::proto::loaded_image::LoadedImage;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ pub fn chainload(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &ChainloadConfigurat
     let sprout_image = uefi::boot::image_handle();
 
     // Resolve the path to the image to chainload.
-    let resolved = utils::resolve_path(
+    let resolved = eficore::path::resolve_path(
         Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?),
         &context.stamp(&configuration.path),
     )
@@ -67,8 +68,10 @@ pub fn chainload(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &ChainloadConfigurat
     // If an initrd is provided, register it with the EFI stack.
     let mut initrd_handle = None;
     if let Some(linux_initrd) = initrd {
-        let content =
-            utils::read_file_contents(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), &linux_initrd)
+        let content = eficore::path::read_file_contents(
+            Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?),
+            &linux_initrd,
+        )
         .context("unable to read linux initrd")?;
         let handle =
             MediaLoaderHandle::register(LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID, content.into_boxed_slice())

crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs

@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-use std::rc::Rc;
-
 use crate::{
     actions,
     context::SproutContext,
-    utils::{
-        self,
-        media_loader::{
+    utils::{self},
+};
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::{format, vec};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use edera_sprout_config::actions::chainload::ChainloadConfiguration;
+use edera_sprout_config::actions::edera::EderaConfiguration;
+use eficore::media_loader::{
     MediaLoaderHandle,
     constants::xen::{
         XEN_EFI_CONFIG_MEDIA_GUID, XEN_EFI_KERNEL_MEDIA_GUID, XEN_EFI_RAMDISK_MEDIA_GUID,
     },
-        },
-    },
 };
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use edera_sprout_config::actions::chainload::ChainloadConfiguration;
-use edera_sprout_config::actions::edera::EderaConfiguration;
 use log::error;
 use uefi::Guid;
 
@@ -78,7 +77,8 @@ fn register_media_loader_file(
     // Stamp the path to the file.
     let path = context.stamp(path);
     // Read the file contents.
-    let content = utils::read_file_contents(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), &path)
+    let content =
+        eficore::path::read_file_contents(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), &path)
             .context(format!("unable to read {} file", what))?;
     // Register the media loader.
     let handle = MediaLoaderHandle::register(guid, content.into_boxed_slice())

crates/boot/src/actions/print.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::print::PrintConfiguration;
 use log::info;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// Executes the print action with the specified `configuration` inside the provided `context`.
 pub fn print(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &PrintConfiguration) -> Result<()> {

crates/boot/src/autoconfigure/bls.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use crate::utils;
+use alloc::string::ToString;
+use alloc::{format, vec};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use edera_sprout_config::RootConfiguration;
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::ActionDeclaration;

crates/boot/src/autoconfigure/linux.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use crate::utils;
 use crate::utils::vercmp;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use alloc::{format, vec};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use edera_sprout_config::RootConfiguration;
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::ActionDeclaration;
@@ -7,7 +11,6 @@ use edera_sprout_config::actions::chainload::ChainloadConfiguration;
 use edera_sprout_config::entries::EntryDeclaration;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::GeneratorDeclaration;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::list::ListConfiguration;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use uefi::CString16;
 use uefi::fs::{FileSystem, Path, PathBuf};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;

crates/boot/src/autoconfigure/windows.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use crate::utils;
+use alloc::string::ToString;
+use alloc::{format, vec};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use edera_sprout_config::RootConfiguration;
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::ActionDeclaration;

crates/boot/src/config/loader.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::options::SproutOptions;
-use crate::platform::tpm::PlatformTpm;
-use crate::utils;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use core::ops::Deref;
 use edera_sprout_config::{RootConfiguration, latest_version};
+use eficore::platform::tpm::PlatformTpm;
 use log::info;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use toml::Value;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::LoadedImageDevicePath;
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn load_raw_config(options: &SproutOptions) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     info!("configuration file: {}", options.config);
 
     // Read the contents of the sprout config file.
-    let content = utils::read_file_contents(Some(&path), &options.config)
+    let content = eficore::path::read_file_contents(Some(&path), &options.config)
         .context("unable to read sprout config file")?;
 
     // Measure the sprout.toml into the TPM, if needed and possible.

crates/boot/src/context.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use crate::options::SproutOptions;
-use crate::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use anyhow::{Result, bail};
+use core::cmp::Reverse;
 use edera_sprout_config::actions::ActionDeclaration;
-use std::cmp::Reverse;
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
-use std::rc::Rc;
+use eficore::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
 
 /// The maximum number of iterations that can be performed in [SproutContext::finalize].

crates/boot/src/drivers.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
-use crate::integrations::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport};
-use crate::utils;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::String;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-pub(crate) use edera_sprout_config::drivers::DriverDeclaration;
+use edera_sprout_config::drivers::DriverDeclaration;
+use eficore::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport};
 use log::info;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use uefi::boot::SearchType;
 
 /// Loads the driver specified by the `driver` declaration.
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ fn load_driver(context: Rc<SproutContext>, driver: &DriverDeclaration) -> Result
     let sprout_image = uefi::boot::image_handle();
 
     // Resolve the path to the driver image.
-    let resolved = utils::resolve_path(
+    let resolved = eficore::path::resolve_path(
         Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?),
         &context.stamp(&driver.path),
     )

crates/boot/src/entries.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use edera_sprout_config::entries::EntryDeclaration;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// Represents an entry that is stamped and ready to be booted.
 #[derive(Clone)]

crates/boot/src/extractors.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::String;
 use anyhow::{Result, bail};
 use edera_sprout_config::extractors::ExtractorDeclaration;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// The filesystem device match extractor.
 pub mod filesystem_device_match;

crates/boot/src/extractors/filesystem_device_match.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
-use crate::utils;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::String;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow, bail};
+use core::ops::Deref;
+use core::str::FromStr;
 use edera_sprout_config::extractors::filesystem_device_match::FilesystemDeviceMatchExtractor;
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::str::FromStr;
+use eficore::partition::PartitionGuidForm;
 use uefi::fs::{FileSystem, Path};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
 use uefi::proto::media::file::{File, FileSystemVolumeLabel};
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ pub fn extract(
                 .to_boxed();
 
             // Fetch the partition uuid for this filesystem.
-            let partition_uuid = utils::partition_guid(&root, utils::PartitionGuidForm::Partition)
+            let partition_uuid =
+                eficore::partition::partition_guid(&root, PartitionGuidForm::Partition)
                     .context("unable to fetch the partition uuid of the filesystem")?;
 
             // Compare the partition uuid to the parsed uuid.
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn extract(
 
             // Fetch the partition type uuid for this filesystem.
             let partition_type_uuid =
-                utils::partition_guid(&root, utils::PartitionGuidForm::PartitionType)
+                eficore::partition::partition_guid(&root, PartitionGuidForm::PartitionType)
                     .context("unable to fetch the partition uuid of the filesystem")?;
             // Compare the partition type uuid to the parsed uuid.
             // If it does not match, continue to the next filesystem.
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ pub fn extract(
             .context("unable to open filesystem device path")?;
         let path = path.deref();
         // Acquire the device path root as a string.
-        return utils::device_path_root(path).context("unable to get device path root");
+        return eficore::path::device_path_root(path).context("unable to get device path root");
     }
 
     // If there is a fallback value, use it at this point.

crates/boot/src/generators.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use anyhow::bail;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::GeneratorDeclaration;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// The BLS generator.
 pub mod bls;

crates/boot/src/generators/bls.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
 use crate::generators::bls::entry::BlsEntry;
-use crate::utils;
 use crate::utils::vercmp;
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use core::cmp::Ordering;
+use core::str::FromStr;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::bls::BlsConfiguration;
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use uefi::cstr16;
 use uefi::fs::{FileSystem, PathBuf};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::text::{AllowShortcuts, DisplayOnly};
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ pub fn generate(context: Rc<SproutContext>, bls: &BlsConfiguration) -> Result<Ve
     let path = context.stamp(&bls.path);
 
     // Resolve the path to the BLS directory.
-    let bls_resolved = utils::resolve_path(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), &path)
+    let bls_resolved =
+        eficore::path::resolve_path(Some(context.root().loaded_image_path()?), &path)
             .context("unable to resolve bls path")?;
 
     // Construct a filesystem path to the BLS entries directory.

crates/boot/src/generators/bls/entry.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
-use std::str::FromStr;
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// Represents a parsed BLS entry.
 /// Fields unrelated to Sprout are not included.

crates/boot/src/generators/list.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::ToString;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::list::ListConfiguration;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// Generates a set of entries using the specified `list` configuration in the `context`.
 pub fn generate(

crates/boot/src/generators/matrix.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
 use crate::generators::list;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::list::ListConfiguration;
 use edera_sprout_config::generators::matrix::MatrixConfiguration;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// Builds out multiple generations of `input` based on a matrix style.
 /// For example, if input is: {"x": ["a", "b"], "y": ["c", "d"]}

crates/boot/src/main.rs

@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
-#![feature(uefi_std)]
-
-/// The delay to wait for when an error occurs in Sprout.
-const DELAY_ON_ERROR: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+#![no_std]
+#![no_main]
+extern crate alloc;
 
 use crate::context::{RootContext, SproutContext};
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
-use crate::integrations::bootloader_interface::{BootloaderInterface, BootloaderInterfaceTimeout};
 use crate::options::SproutOptions;
 use crate::options::parser::OptionsRepresentable;
 use crate::phases::phase;
-use crate::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
-use crate::platform::tpm::PlatformTpm;
-use crate::secure::SecureBoot;
-use crate::utils::PartitionGuidForm;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::string::ToString;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use core::ops::Deref;
+use core::time::Duration;
 use edera_sprout_config::RootConfiguration;
+use eficore::bootloader_interface::{BootloaderInterface, BootloaderInterfaceTimeout};
+use eficore::partition::PartitionGuidForm;
+use eficore::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
+use eficore::platform::tpm::PlatformTpm;
+use eficore::secure::SecureBoot;
+use eficore::setup;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use uefi::entry;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::LoadedImageDevicePath;
+use uefi_raw::Status;
 
 /// actions: Code that can be configured and executed by Sprout.
 pub mod actions;
@@ -46,14 +51,11 @@ pub mod extractors;
 /// generators: Runtime code that can generate entries with specific values.
 pub mod generators;
 
-/// platform: Integration or support code for specific hardware platforms.
-pub mod platform;
-
 /// menu: Display a boot menu to select an entry to boot.
 pub mod menu;
 
-/// integrations: Code that interacts with other systems.
-pub mod integrations;
+/// options: Parse the options of the Sprout executable.
+pub mod options;
 
 /// phases: Hooks into specific parts of the boot process.
 pub mod phases;
@@ -61,23 +63,17 @@ pub mod phases;
 /// sbat: Secure Boot Attestation section.
 pub mod sbat;
 
-/// secure: Secure Boot support.
-pub mod secure;
-
-/// setup: Code that initializes the UEFI environment for Sprout.
-pub mod setup;
-
-/// options: Parse the options of the Sprout executable.
-pub mod options;
-
 /// utils: Utility functions that are used by other parts of Sprout.
 pub mod utils;
 
+/// The delay to wait for when an error occurs in Sprout.
+const DELAY_ON_ERROR: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+
 /// Run Sprout, returning an error if one occurs.
 fn run() -> Result<()> {
     // For safety reasons, we will note that Secure Boot is in beta on Sprout.
     if SecureBoot::enabled().context("unable to determine Secure Boot status")? {
-        warn!("Secure Boot is enabled. Sprout Secure Boot is in beta.");
+        warn!("Sprout Secure Boot is in beta. Some functionality may not work as expected.");
     }
 
     // Start the platform timer.
@@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Grab the partition GUID of the ESP that sprout was loaded from.
     let loaded_image_partition_guid =
-        utils::partition_guid(&loaded_image_path, PartitionGuidForm::Partition)
+        eficore::partition::partition_guid(&loaded_image_path, PartitionGuidForm::Partition)
             .context("unable to retrieve loaded image partition guid")?;
 
     // Set the partition GUID of the ESP that sprout was loaded from in the bootloader interface.
@@ -373,23 +369,32 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 /// The main entrypoint of sprout.
 /// It is possible this function will not return if actions that are executed
 /// exit boot services or do not return control to sprout.
-fn main() -> Result<()> {
+#[entry]
+fn efi_main() -> Status {
     // Initialize the basic UEFI environment.
-    setup::init()?;
+    // If initialization fails, we will return ABORTED.
+    // NOTE: This function will also initialize the logger.
+    // The logger will panic if it is unable to initialize.
+    // It is guaranteed that if this returns, the logger is initialized.
+    if let Err(error) = setup::init() {
+        error!("unable to initialize environment: {}", error);
+        return Status::ABORTED;
+    }
 
     // Run Sprout, then handle the error.
     let result = run();
     if let Err(ref error) = result {
         // Print an error trace.
-        error!("sprout encountered an error");
+        error!("sprout encountered an error:");
         for (index, stack) in error.chain().enumerate() {
             error!("[{}]: {}", index, stack);
         }
         // Sleep to allow the user to read the error.
         uefi::boot::stall(DELAY_ON_ERROR);
+        return Status::ABORTED;
     }
 
     // Sprout doesn't necessarily guarantee anything was booted.
     // If we reach here, we will exit back to whoever called us.
-    Ok(())
+    Status::SUCCESS
 }

crates/boot/src/menu.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
-use crate::integrations::bootloader_interface::BootloaderInterface;
-use crate::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
+use alloc::vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use core::time::Duration;
+use eficore::bootloader_interface::BootloaderInterface;
+use eficore::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
 use log::{info, warn};
-use std::time::Duration;
 use uefi::ResultExt;
 use uefi::boot::TimerTrigger;
 use uefi::proto::console::text::{Input, Key, ScanCode};
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ fn read(input: &mut Input, timeout: &Duration) -> Result<MenuOperation> {
 
     // Close the timer event that we acquired.
     // We don't need to close the key event because it is owned globally.
+    // This should always be called in practice as events are not modified by wait_for_event.
     if let Some(timer_event) = events.into_iter().next() {
         // Store the result of the close event so we can determine if we can safely assert it.
         let close_event_result =

crates/boot/src/options.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::options::parser::{OptionDescription, OptionForm, OptionsRepresentable};
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 /// The Sprout options parser.
 pub mod parser;

crates/boot/src/options/parser.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use core::ptr::null_mut;
+use eficore::env;
 use log::info;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use uefi_raw::Status;
 
 /// The type of option. This disambiguates different behavior
 /// of how options are handled.
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ pub enum OptionForm {
     Help,
 }
 
-/// The description of an option, used in the options parser
+/// The description of an option, used in the option parser
 /// to make decisions about how to progress.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct OptionDescription<'a> {
@@ -31,8 +35,8 @@ pub trait OptionsRepresentable {
     type Output;
 
     /// The configured options for this type. This should describe all the options
-    /// that are valid to produce the type. The left hand side is the name of the option,
-    /// and the right hand side is the description.
+    /// that are valid to produce the type. The left-hand side is the name of the option,
+    /// and the right-hand side is the description.
     fn options() -> &'static [(&'static str, OptionDescription<'static>)];
 
     /// Produces the type by taking the `options` and processing it into the output.
@@ -40,30 +44,14 @@ pub trait OptionsRepresentable {
 
     /// For minimalism, we don't want a full argument parser. Instead, we use
     /// a simple --xyz = xyz: None and --abc 123 = abc: Some("123") format.
-    /// We also support --abc=123 = abc: Some("123") format.
+    /// We also support the format: --abc=123
     fn parse_raw() -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Option<String>>> {
         // Access the configured options for this type.
         let configured: BTreeMap<_, _> = BTreeMap::from_iter(Self::options().to_vec());
 
         // Collect all the arguments to Sprout.
         // Skip the first argument, which is the path to our executable.
-        let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-        // Correct firmware that may add invalid arguments at the start.
-        // Witnessed this on a Dell Precision 5690 when direct booting.
-        loop {
-            // Grab the first argument or break.
-            let Some(arg) = args.first() else {
-                break;
-            };
-
-            // If the argument starts with a tilde, remove it.
-            if arg.starts_with("`") {
-                args.remove(0);
-                continue;
-            }
-            break;
-        }
+        let args = env::args()?;
 
         // Represent options as key-value pairs.
         let mut options = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -77,7 +65,7 @@ pub trait OptionsRepresentable {
                 break;
             };
 
-            // If the doesn't start with --, that is invalid.
+            // If the option doesn't start with --, that is invalid.
             if !option.starts_with("--") {
                 bail!("invalid option: {option}");
             }
@@ -144,7 +132,9 @@ pub trait OptionsRepresentable {
                     );
                 }
                 // Exit because the help has been displayed.
-                std::process::exit(0);
+                unsafe {
+                    uefi::boot::exit(uefi::boot::image_handle(), Status::SUCCESS, 0, null_mut());
+                };
             }
 
             // Insert the option and the value into the map.

crates/boot/src/phases.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::actions;
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use edera_sprout_config::phases::PhaseConfiguration;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 /// Executes the specified [phase] of the boot process.
 /// The value [phase] should be a reference of a specific phase in the [PhasesConfiguration].

crates/boot/src/sbat.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Include the generated sbat section in this file.
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/sbat.generated.rs"));

crates/boot/src/utils.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+/// Implements a version comparison algorithm according to the BLS specification.
+pub mod vercmp;
+
+/// Combine a sequence of strings into a single string, separated by spaces, ignoring empty strings.
+pub fn combine_options<T: AsRef<str>>(options: impl Iterator<Item = T>) -> String {
+    options
+        .flat_map(|item| empty_is_none(Some(item)))
+        .map(|item| item.as_ref().to_string())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(" ")
+}
+
+/// Produce a unique hash for the input.
+/// This uses SHA-256, which is unique enough but relatively short.
+pub fn unique_hash(input: &str) -> String {
+    hex::encode(Sha256::digest(input.as_bytes()))
+}
+
+/// Filter a string-like Option `input` such that an empty string is [None].
+pub fn empty_is_none<T: AsRef<str>>(input: Option<T>) -> Option<T> {
+    input.filter(|input| !input.as_ref().is_empty())
+}

crates/boot/src/utils/vercmp.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::iter::Peekable;
+use core::cmp::Ordering;
+use core::iter::Peekable;
 
 /// Handles single character advancement and comparison.
 macro_rules! handle_single_char {
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ pub fn compare_versions_optional(a: Option<&str>, b: Option<&str>) -> Ordering {
     match (a, b) {
         // If both have values, compare them.
         (Some(a), Some(b)) => compare_versions(a, b),
-        // If the second value is None, return that it is less than the first.
+        // If the second value is None, then `a` is less than `b`.
         (Some(_a), None) => Ordering::Less,
-        // If the first value is None, return that it is greater than the second.
+        // If the first value is None, the `a` is greater than `b`.
         (None, Some(_b)) => Ordering::Greater,
         // If both values are None, return that they are equal.
         (None, None) => Ordering::Equal,

crates/build/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "edera-sprout-build"
+description = "Sprout Build Tools"
+license.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+name = "edera_sprout_build"
+path = "src/lib.rs"

crates/build/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{env, fs};
+
+/// Block size of the sbat section.
+const SBAT_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 512;
+
+/// Template contents for the sbat.generated.rs file.
+const SBAT_RS_TEMPLATE: &str = include_str!("sbat.template.rs");
+
+/// Pad with zeros the given `data` to a multiple of `block_size`.
+fn block_pad(data: &mut Vec<u8>, block_size: usize) {
+    let needed = data.len().div_ceil(block_size).max(1) * block_size;
+
+    if needed != data.len() {
+        data.resize(needed, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Generate an .sbat link section module. This should be coupled with including the sbat module in
+/// the crate that intends to embed the sbat section.
+/// We intake a sbat.template.csv file in the calling crate and output a sbat.dat
+/// which is included by a generated sbat.generated.rs file.
+pub fn generate_sbat_module() {
+    // Notify Cargo that if the version changes, we need to regenerate the sbat.out file.
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+    // The version of the package.
+    let version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").expect("CARGO_PKG_VERSION not set");
+
+    // The output directory to place the sbat.csv into.
+    let output_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").expect("OUT_DIR not set"));
+
+    // The output path to the sbat.out file.
+    let out_file = output_dir.join("sbat.out");
+
+    // The output path to the sbat.generated.rs file.
+    let rs_file = output_dir.join("sbat.generated.rs");
+
+    // The path to the root of the crate.
+    let crate_root =
+        PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR not set"));
+
+    // The path to the sbat.template.tsv file is in the source directory of the crate.
+    let sbat_template_file = crate_root.join("src/sbat.csv");
+
+    // Notify Cargo that if sbat.csv changes, we need to regenerate the sbat.out file.
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rerun-if-changed={}",
+        sbat_template_file
+            .to_str()
+            .expect("unable to convert sbat template path file to a string")
+    );
+
+    // Read the sbat.csv template file.
+    let sbat_template =
+        fs::read_to_string(&sbat_template_file).expect("unable to read sbat.csv file");
+
+    // Replace the version placeholder in the template with the actual version.
+    let sbat = sbat_template.replace("{version}", &version);
+
+    // Encode the sbat.csv as bytes.
+    let mut encoded = sbat.as_bytes().to_vec();
+
+    // Pad the sbat.csv to the required block size.
+    block_pad(&mut encoded, SBAT_BLOCK_SIZE);
+
+    // Write the sbat.out file to the output directory.
+    fs::write(&out_file, &encoded).expect("unable to write sbat.out");
+
+    // Generate the contents of the sbat.generated.rs file.
+    // The size must tbe size of the encoded sbat.out file.
+    let sbat_rs = SBAT_RS_TEMPLATE.replace("{size}", &encoded.len().to_string());
+
+    // Write the sbat.generated.rs file to the output directory.
+    fs::write(&rs_file, sbat_rs).expect("unable to write sbat.generated.rs");
+}

crates/build/src/sbat.template.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/// Define the SBAT attestation by including the sbat.csv file.
+/// See this document for more details: https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md
+/// NOTE: This data must be aligned by 512 bytes.
+#[used]
+#[unsafe(link_section = ".sbat")]
+static SBAT: [u8; {size}] = *include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/sbat.out"));

crates/config/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies.serde]
 workspace = true
-features = ["derive"]
+default-features = false
 
 [lib]
 name = "edera_sprout_config"
+path = "src/lib.rs"

crates/config/src/actions/chainload.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// The configuration of the chainload action.

crates/config/src/actions/edera.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// The configuration of the edera action which boots the Edera hypervisor.

crates/config/src/actions/print.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use alloc::string::String;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// The configuration of the print action.

crates/config/src/drivers.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use alloc::string::String;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Declares a driver configuration.

crates/config/src/entries.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 /// Declares a boot entry to display in the boot menu.
 ///

crates/config/src/extractors/filesystem_device_match.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use alloc::string::String;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// The filesystem device match extractor.

crates/config/src/generators/bls.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::entries::EntryDeclaration;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// The default path to the BLS directory.

crates/config/src/generators/list.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::entries::EntryDeclaration;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 /// List generator configuration.
 /// The list generator produces multiple entries based

crates/config/src/generators/matrix.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::entries::EntryDeclaration;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 /// Matrix generator configuration.
 /// The matrix generator produces multiple entries based

crates/config/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Sprout configuration descriptions.
 //! This crate provides all the configuration structures for Sprout.
+#![no_std]
+extern crate alloc;
 
 use crate::actions::ActionDeclaration;
 use crate::drivers::DriverDeclaration;
@@ -7,8 +9,9 @@ use crate::entries::EntryDeclaration;
 use crate::extractors::ExtractorDeclaration;
 use crate::generators::GeneratorDeclaration;
 use crate::phases::PhasesConfiguration;
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::String;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 pub mod actions;
 pub mod drivers;

crates/config/src/phases.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 /// Configures the various phases of the boot process.
 /// This allows hooking various phases to run actions.

crates/eficore/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "edera-sprout-eficore"
+description = "Sprout EFI Core"
+license.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+bitflags.workspace = true
+log.workspace = true
+shlex.workspace = true
+spin.workspace = true
+uefi.workspace = true
+uefi-raw.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+name = "eficore"
+path = "src/lib.rs"

crates/eficore/src/bootloader_interface.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-use crate::integrations::bootloader_interface::bitflags::LoaderFeatures;
+use crate::bootloader_interface::bitflags::LoaderFeatures;
 use crate::platform::timer::PlatformTimer;
-use crate::utils::device_path_subpath;
-use crate::utils::variables::{VariableClass, VariableController};
+use crate::variables::{VariableClass, VariableController};
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
 use uefi::{Guid, guid};
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ impl BootloaderInterface {
 
     /// Tell the system the relative path to the partition root of the current bootloader.
     pub fn set_loader_path(path: &DevicePath) -> Result<()> {
-        let subpath = device_path_subpath(path).context("unable to get loader path subpath")?;
+        let subpath =
+            crate::path::device_path_subpath(path).context("unable to get loader path subpath")?;
         Self::VENDOR.set_cstr16(
             "LoaderImageIdentifier",
             &subpath,

crates/eficore/src/env.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use uefi::proto::loaded_image::{LoadOptionsError, LoadedImage};
+
+/// Loads the command-line arguments passed to the current image.
+pub fn args() -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+    // Acquire the current image handle.
+    let handle = uefi::boot::image_handle();
+
+    // Open the LoadedImage protocol for the current image.
+    let loaded_image = uefi::boot::open_protocol_exclusive::<LoadedImage>(handle)
+        .context("unable to open loaded image protocol for current image")?;
+
+    // Load the command-line argument string.
+    let options = match loaded_image.load_options_as_cstr16() {
+        // Load options were passed. We will return them for processing.
+        Ok(options) => options,
+
+        // No load options were passed. We will return an empty vector.
+        Err(LoadOptionsError::NotSet) => {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+
+        Err(LoadOptionsError::NotAligned) => {
+            bail!("load options are not properly aligned");
+        }
+
+        Err(LoadOptionsError::InvalidString(error)) => {
+            bail!("load options are not a valid string: {}", error);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Convert the options to a string.
+    let options = options.to_string();
+
+    // Use shlex to parse the options.
+    // If shlex fails, we will perform a simple whitespace split.
+    let mut args = shlex::split(&options).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        options
+            .split_ascii_whitespace()
+            .map(|string| string.to_string())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    });
+
+    // Correct firmware that may add invalid arguments at the start.
+    // Witnessed this on a Dell Precision 5690 when direct booting.
+    args = args
+        .into_iter()
+        .skip_while(|arg| {
+            arg.chars()
+                .next()
+                // Filter out unprintable characters and backticks.
+                // Both of which have been observed in the wild.
+                .map(|c| c < 0x1f as char || c == '`')
+                .unwrap_or(false)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    // If there is a first argument, check if it is not an option.
+    // If it is not, we will assume it is the path to the executable and remove it.
+    if let Some(arg) = args.first()
+        && !arg.starts_with('-')
+    {
+        args.remove(0);
+    }
+
+    Ok(args)
+}

crates/eficore/src/framebuffer.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use alloc::vec;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use uefi::proto::console::gop::{BltOp, BltPixel, BltRegion, GraphicsOutput};
 

crates/eficore/src/handle.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use uefi::boot::SearchType;
+use uefi::{Guid, Handle};
+use uefi_raw::Status;
+
+/// Find a handle that provides the specified `protocol`.
+pub fn find_handle(protocol: &Guid) -> Result<Option<Handle>> {
+    // Locate the requested protocol handle.
+    match uefi::boot::locate_handle_buffer(SearchType::ByProtocol(protocol)) {
+        // If a handle is found, the protocol is available.
+        Ok(handles) => Ok(if handles.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(handles[0])
+        }),
+        // If an error occurs, check if it is because the protocol is not available.
+        // If so, return false. Otherwise, return the error.
+        Err(error) => {
+            if error.status() == Status::NOT_FOUND {
+                Ok(None)
+            } else {
+                Err(error).context("unable to determine if the protocol is available")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/eficore/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//! Sprout EFI Core.
+//! This crate provides tools for working with the EFI environment.
+#![no_std]
+extern crate alloc;
+
+/// EFI handle helpers.
+pub mod handle;
+
+/// Logging support for EFI applications.
+pub mod logger;
+
+/// Disk partitioning support infrastructure.
+pub mod partition;
+
+/// Path handling for UEFI.
+pub mod path;
+
+/// platform: Integration or support code for specific hardware platforms.
+pub mod platform;
+
+/// Secure Boot support.
+pub mod secure;
+
+/// Support for the shim loader application that enables Secure Boot.
+pub mod shim;
+
+/// String utilities.
+pub mod strings;
+
+/// Implements support for the bootloader interface specification.
+pub mod bootloader_interface;
+/// Acquire arguments from UEFI environment.
+pub mod env;
+/// Support code for the EFI framebuffer.
+pub mod framebuffer;
+/// Support code for the media loader protocol.
+pub mod media_loader;
+/// setup: Code that initializes the UEFI environment for Sprout.
+pub mod setup;
+/// Support code for EFI variables.
+pub mod variables;

crates/eficore/src/logger.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+//! Based on: https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/blob/main/uefi/src/helpers/logger.rs
+
+use alloc::format;
+use core::fmt::Write;
+use core::ptr;
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, Ordering};
+use log::{Log, Record};
+use uefi::proto::console::text::Output;
+
+/// The global logger object.
+static LOGGER: Logger = Logger::new();
+
+/// Logging mechanism for Sprout.
+/// Must be initialized to be used, as we use atomic pointers to store the output to write to.
+pub struct Logger {
+    writer: AtomicPtr<Output>,
+}
+
+impl Default for Logger {
+    /// Creates a default logger, which is uninitialized with an output.
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Logger {
+    /// Create a new logger with an output not specified.
+    /// This will cause the logger to not print anything until it is configured.
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            writer: AtomicPtr::new(ptr::null_mut()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves the pointer to the output.
+    /// SAFETY: This pointer might be null, it should be checked before use.
+    #[must_use]
+    fn output(&self) -> *mut Output {
+        self.writer.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the output to write to.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// This function is unsafe because the output is technically leaked and unmanaged.
+    pub unsafe fn set_output(&self, output: *mut Output) {
+        self.writer.store(output, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Log for Logger {
+    /// Enable the logger always.
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &log::Metadata<'_>) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    /// Log the specified `record` to the output if one is set.
+    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
+        // Acquire the output. If one is not set, we do nothing.
+        let Some(output) = (unsafe { self.output().as_mut() }) else {
+            return;
+        };
+
+        // Format the log message.
+        let message = format!("{}", record.args());
+
+        // Iterate over every line, formatting the message and writing it to the output.
+        for line in message.lines() {
+            // The format writes the log level in front of every line of text.
+            let _ = writeln!(output, "[{:>5}] {}", record.level(), line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// This log is not buffered, so flushing isn't required.
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}
+
+/// Initialize the logging environment, calling panic if something goes wrong.
+pub fn init() {
+    // Retrieve the stdout handle and set it as the output for the global logger.
+    uefi::system::with_stdout(|stdout| unsafe {
+        // SAFETY: We are using the stdout handle to create a pointer to the output.
+        // The handle is global and is guaranteed to be valid for the lifetime of the program.
+        LOGGER.set_output(stdout);
+    });
+
+    // Set the logger to the global logger.
+    if let Err(error) = log::set_logger(&LOGGER) {
+        panic!("unable to set logger: {}", error);
+    }
+
+    // Set the max level to the level specified by the log features.
+    log::set_max_level(log::STATIC_MAX_LEVEL);
+}

crates/eficore/src/media_loader.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use std::ffi::c_void;
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use core::ptr;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::build::DevicePathBuilder;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::build::media::Vendor;
@@ -261,8 +264,7 @@ impl MediaLoaderHandle {
             let protocol = Box::from_raw(self.protocol);
 
             // Retrieve a box for the data we passed in.
-            let slice =
-                std::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(protocol.address as *mut u8, protocol.length);
+            let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(protocol.address as *mut u8, protocol.length);
             let data = Box::from_raw(slice);
 
             // Drop all the allocations explicitly, as we don't want to leak them.

crates/eficore/src/partition.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use uefi::Guid;
+use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
+use uefi::proto::media::partition::PartitionInfo;
+use uefi_raw::Status;
+
+/// Represents the type of partition GUID that can be retrieved.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum PartitionGuidForm {
+    /// The partition GUID is the unique partition GUID.
+    Partition,
+    /// The partition GUID is the partition type GUID.
+    PartitionType,
+}
+
+/// Retrieve the partition / partition type GUID of the device root `path`.
+/// This only works on GPT partitions. If the root is not a GPT partition, None is returned.
+/// If the GUID is all zeros, this will return None.
+pub fn partition_guid(path: &DevicePath, form: PartitionGuidForm) -> Result<Option<Guid>> {
+    // Clone the path so we can pass it to the UEFI stack.
+    let path = path.to_boxed();
+    let result = uefi::boot::locate_device_path::<PartitionInfo>(&mut &*path);
+    let handle = match result {
+        Ok(handle) => Ok(Some(handle)),
+        Err(error) => {
+            // If the error is NOT_FOUND or UNSUPPORTED, we can return None.
+            // These are non-fatal errors.
+            if error.status() == Status::NOT_FOUND || error.status() == Status::UNSUPPORTED {
+                Ok(None)
+            } else {
+                Err(error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    .context("unable to locate device path")?;
+
+    // If we have the handle, we can try to open the partition info protocol.
+    if let Some(handle) = handle {
+        // Open the partition info protocol.
+        let partition_info = uefi::boot::open_protocol_exclusive::<PartitionInfo>(handle)
+            .context("unable to open partition info protocol")?;
+        // Find the unique partition GUID.
+        // If this is not a GPT partition, this will produce None.
+        Ok(partition_info
+            .gpt_partition_entry()
+            .map(|entry| match form {
+                // Match the form of the partition GUID.
+                PartitionGuidForm::Partition => entry.unique_partition_guid,
+                PartitionGuidForm::PartitionType => entry.partition_type_guid.0,
+            })
+            .filter(|guid| !guid.is_zero()))
+    } else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}

crates/eficore/src/path.rs

@@ -1,26 +1,50 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use uefi::boot::SearchType;
+use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use core::ops::Deref;
 use uefi::fs::{FileSystem, Path};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::text::{AllowShortcuts, DevicePathFromText, DisplayOnly};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::{DevicePath, PoolDevicePath};
 use uefi::proto::media::fs::SimpleFileSystem;
-use uefi::proto::media::partition::PartitionInfo;
-use uefi::{CString16, Guid, Handle};
-use uefi_raw::Status;
+use uefi::{CString16, Handle};
 
-/// Support code for the EFI framebuffer.
-pub mod framebuffer;
+/// Represents the components of a resolved path.
+pub struct ResolvedPath {
+    /// The root path of the resolved path. This is the device itself.
+    /// For example, "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)/"
+    pub root_path: Box<DevicePath>,
+    /// The subpath of the resolved path. This is the path to the file.
+    /// For example, "\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi"
+    pub sub_path: Box<DevicePath>,
+    /// The full path of the resolved path. This is the safest path to use.
+    /// For example, "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi"
+    pub full_path: Box<DevicePath>,
+    /// The handle of the filesystem containing the path.
+    /// This can be used to acquire a [SimpleFileSystem] protocol to read the file.
+    pub filesystem_handle: Handle,
+}
 
-/// Support code for the media loader protocol.
-pub mod media_loader;
+impl ResolvedPath {
+    /// Read the file specified by this path into a buffer and return it.
+    pub fn read_file(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        let fs = uefi::boot::open_protocol_exclusive::<SimpleFileSystem>(self.filesystem_handle)
+            .context("unable to open filesystem protocol")?;
+        let mut fs = FileSystem::new(fs);
+        let path = self
+            .sub_path
+            .to_string(DisplayOnly(false), AllowShortcuts(false))?;
+        let content = fs.read(Path::new(&path));
+        content.context("unable to read file contents")
+    }
+}
 
-/// Support code for EFI variables.
-pub mod variables;
-
-/// Implements a version comparison algorithm according to the BLS specification.
-pub mod vercmp;
+/// Checks if a [CString16] contains a char `c`.
+/// We need to call to_string() because CString16 doesn't support `contains` with a char.
+fn cstring16_contains_char(string: &CString16, c: char) -> bool {
+    string.to_string().contains(c)
+}
 
 /// Parses the input `path` as a [DevicePath].
 /// Uses the [DevicePathFromText] protocol exclusively, and will fail if it cannot acquire the protocol.
@@ -37,12 +61,6 @@ pub fn text_to_device_path(path: &str) -> Result<PoolDevicePath> {
         .context("unable to convert text to device path")
 }
 
-/// Checks if a [CString16] contains a char `c`.
-/// We need to call to_string() because CString16 doesn't support `contains` with a char.
-fn cstring16_contains_char(string: &CString16, c: char) -> bool {
-    string.to_string().contains(c)
-}
-
 /// Grabs the root part of the `path`.
 /// For example, given "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi"
 /// it will give "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)"
@@ -92,36 +110,6 @@ pub fn device_path_subpath(path: &DevicePath) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(path)
 }
 
-/// Represents the components of a resolved path.
-pub struct ResolvedPath {
-    /// The root path of the resolved path. This is the device itself.
-    /// For example, "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)/"
-    pub root_path: Box<DevicePath>,
-    /// The subpath of the resolved path. This is the path to the file.
-    /// For example, "\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi"
-    pub sub_path: Box<DevicePath>,
-    /// The full path of the resolved path. This is the safest path to use.
-    /// For example, "PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)/HD(1,MBR,0xBE1AFDFA,0x3F,0xFBFC1)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi"
-    pub full_path: Box<DevicePath>,
-    /// The handle of the filesystem containing the path.
-    /// This can be used to acquire a [SimpleFileSystem] protocol to read the file.
-    pub filesystem_handle: Handle,
-}
-
-impl ResolvedPath {
-    /// Read the file specified by this path into a buffer and return it.
-    pub fn read_file(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let fs = uefi::boot::open_protocol_exclusive::<SimpleFileSystem>(self.filesystem_handle)
-            .context("unable to open filesystem protocol")?;
-        let mut fs = FileSystem::new(fs);
-        let path = self
-            .sub_path
-            .to_string(DisplayOnly(false), AllowShortcuts(false))?;
-        let content = fs.read(Path::new(&path));
-        content.context("unable to read file contents")
-    }
-}
-
 /// Resolve a path specified by `input` to its various components.
 /// Uses `default_root_path` as the base root if one is not specified in the path.
 /// Returns [ResolvedPath] which contains the resolved components.
@@ -184,114 +172,3 @@ pub fn read_file_contents(default_root_path: Option<&DevicePath>, input: &str) -
     let resolved = resolve_path(default_root_path, input)?;
     resolved.read_file()
 }
-
-/// Filter a string-like Option `input` such that an empty string is [None].
-pub fn empty_is_none<T: AsRef<str>>(input: Option<T>) -> Option<T> {
-    input.filter(|input| !input.as_ref().is_empty())
-}
-
-/// Combine a sequence of strings into a single string, separated by spaces, ignoring empty strings.
-pub fn combine_options<T: AsRef<str>>(options: impl Iterator<Item = T>) -> String {
-    options
-        .flat_map(|item| empty_is_none(Some(item)))
-        .map(|item| item.as_ref().to_string())
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-        .join(" ")
-}
-
-/// Produce a unique hash for the input.
-/// This uses SHA-256, which is unique enough but relatively short.
-pub fn unique_hash(input: &str) -> String {
-    hex::encode(Sha256::digest(input.as_bytes()))
-}
-
-/// Represents the type of partition GUID that can be retrieved.
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum PartitionGuidForm {
-    /// The partition GUID is the unique partition GUID.
-    Partition,
-    /// The partition GUID is the partition type GUID.
-    PartitionType,
-}
-
-/// Retrieve the partition / partition type GUID of the device root `path`.
-/// This only works on GPT partitions. If the root is not a GPT partition, None is returned.
-/// If the GUID is all zeros, this will return None.
-pub fn partition_guid(path: &DevicePath, form: PartitionGuidForm) -> Result<Option<Guid>> {
-    // Clone the path so we can pass it to the UEFI stack.
-    let path = path.to_boxed();
-    let result = uefi::boot::locate_device_path::<PartitionInfo>(&mut &*path);
-    let handle = match result {
-        Ok(handle) => Ok(Some(handle)),
-        Err(error) => {
-            // If the error is NOT_FOUND or UNSUPPORTED, we can return None.
-            // These are non-fatal errors.
-            if error.status() == Status::NOT_FOUND || error.status() == Status::UNSUPPORTED {
-                Ok(None)
-            } else {
-                Err(error)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    .context("unable to locate device path")?;
-
-    // If we have the handle, we can try to open the partition info protocol.
-    if let Some(handle) = handle {
-        // Open the partition info protocol.
-        let partition_info = uefi::boot::open_protocol_exclusive::<PartitionInfo>(handle)
-            .context("unable to open partition info protocol")?;
-        // Find the unique partition GUID.
-        // If this is not a GPT partition, this will produce None.
-        Ok(partition_info
-            .gpt_partition_entry()
-            .map(|entry| match form {
-                // Match the form of the partition GUID.
-                PartitionGuidForm::Partition => entry.unique_partition_guid,
-                PartitionGuidForm::PartitionType => entry.partition_type_guid.0,
-            })
-            .filter(|guid| !guid.is_zero()))
-    } else {
-        Ok(None)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Find a handle that provides the specified `protocol`.
-pub fn find_handle(protocol: &Guid) -> Result<Option<Handle>> {
-    // Locate the requested protocol handle.
-    match uefi::boot::locate_handle_buffer(SearchType::ByProtocol(protocol)) {
-        // If a handle is found, the protocol is available.
-        Ok(handles) => Ok(if handles.is_empty() {
-            None
-        } else {
-            Some(handles[0])
-        }),
-        // If an error occurs, check if it is because the protocol is not available.
-        // If so, return false. Otherwise, return the error.
-        Err(error) => {
-            if error.status() == Status::NOT_FOUND {
-                Ok(None)
-            } else {
-                Err(error).context("unable to determine if the protocol is available")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Convert a byte slice into a CString16.
-pub fn utf16_bytes_to_cstring16(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<CString16> {
-    // Validate the input bytes are the right length.
-    if !bytes.len().is_multiple_of(2) {
-        bail!("utf16 bytes must be a multiple of 2");
-    }
-
-    // Convert the bytes to UTF-16 data.
-    let data = bytes
-        // Chunk everything into two bytes.
-        .chunks_exact(2)
-        // Reinterpret the bytes as u16 little-endian.
-        .map(|chunk| u16::from_le_bytes([chunk[0], chunk[1]]))
-        // Collect the result into a vector.
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-    CString16::try_from(data).context("unable to convert utf16 bytes to CString16")
-}

crates/eficore/src/platform.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// Timer support.
+pub mod timer;
+/// TPM support.
+pub mod tpm;

crates/eficore/src/platform/timer.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Referenced https://github.com/sheroz/tick_counter (MIT license) as a baseline.
 // Architecturally modified to support UEFI and remove x86 (32-bit) support.
 
-use std::time::Duration;
+use core::time::Duration;
 
 /// Support for aarch64 timers.
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub enum TickFrequency {
     /// The platform provides the tick frequency.
     Hardware(u64),
     /// The tick frequency is measured internally.
-    Measured(u64, Duration),
+    Measured(u64),
 }
 
 impl TickFrequency {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl TickFrequency {
     fn ticks(&self) -> u64 {
         match self {
             TickFrequency::Hardware(frequency) => *frequency,
-            TickFrequency::Measured(frequency, _) => *frequency,
+            TickFrequency::Measured(frequency) => *frequency,
         }
     }
 

crates/eficore/src/platform/timer/aarch64.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::platform::timer::TickFrequency;
-use std::arch::asm;
+use core::arch::asm;
 
 /// Reads the cntvct_el0 counter and returns the value.
 pub fn ticks() -> u64 {
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ pub fn ticks() -> u64 {
     counter
 }
 
-/// We can use the actual ticks value as our start value.
-pub fn start() -> u64 {
-    ticks()
-}
-
-/// We can use the actual ticks value as our stop value.
-pub fn stop() -> u64 {
-    ticks()
-}
-
 /// Our frequency is provided by cntfrq_el0 on the platform.
 pub fn frequency() -> TickFrequency {
     let frequency: u64;

crates/eficore/src/platform/timer/x86_64.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use crate::platform::timer::TickFrequency;
+use core::time::Duration;
+
+/// We will measure the frequency of the timer based on 1000 microseconds.
+/// This will result in a call to BS->Stall(1000) in the end.
+const MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_micros(1000);
+
+/// Read the number of ticks from the platform timer.
+pub fn ticks() -> u64 {
+    // SAFETY: Reads the platform timer, which is safe in any context.
+    unsafe { core::arch::x86_64::_rdtsc() }
+}
+
+/// Measure the frequency of the platform timer.
+/// NOTE: Intentionally, we do not synchronize rdtsc during measurement to match systemd behavior.
+fn measure_frequency() -> u64 {
+    let start = ticks();
+    uefi::boot::stall(MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION);
+    let stop = ticks();
+    let elapsed = stop.wrapping_sub(start) as f64;
+    (elapsed / MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION.as_secs_f64()) as u64
+}
+
+/// Acquire the platform timer frequency.
+/// On x86_64, this is slightly expensive, so it should be done once.
+pub fn frequency() -> TickFrequency {
+    let frequency = measure_frequency();
+    TickFrequency::Measured(frequency)
+}

crates/eficore/src/platform/tpm.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::utils;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use uefi::ResultExt;
 use uefi::boot::ScopedProtocol;
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ impl PlatformTpm {
     /// Returns None if TPM is not available.
     fn protocol() -> Result<Option<TpmProtocolHandle>> {
         // Attempt to acquire the TCG2 protocol handle. If it's not available, return None.
-        let Some(handle) =
-            utils::find_handle(&Tcg2Protocol::GUID).context("unable to determine tpm presence")?
+        let Some(handle) = crate::handle::find_handle(&Tcg2Protocol::GUID)
+            .context("unable to determine tpm presence")?
         else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
@@ -85,7 +84,9 @@ impl PlatformTpm {
         };
 
         // Check if the TPM supports `GetActivePcrBanks`, and if it doesn't return zero.
-        if handle.version().major < 1 || handle.version().major == 1 && handle.version().minor < 1 {
+        if (handle.version().major < 1)
+            || (handle.version().major == 1 && (handle.version().minor < 1))
+        {
             return Ok(0);
         }
 

crates/eficore/src/secure.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::utils::variables::VariableController;
+use crate::variables::VariableController;
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 /// Secure boot services.

crates/eficore/src/setup.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use crate::logger;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+
+/// Initializes the UEFI environment.
+pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
+    // Initialize the logger for Sprout.
+    // NOTE: This cannot use a result type as errors need to be printed
+    // using the logger, which is not initialized until this returns.
+    logger::init();
+
+    // Initialize further UEFI internals.
+    uefi::helpers::init().context("unable to initialize uefi environment")?;
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/eficore/src/shim.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-use crate::integrations::shim::hook::SecurityHook;
+use crate::path::ResolvedPath;
 use crate::secure::SecureBoot;
-use crate::utils;
-use crate::utils::ResolvedPath;
-use crate::utils::variables::{VariableClass, VariableController};
+use crate::shim::hook::SecurityHook;
+use crate::variables::{VariableClass, VariableController};
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::string::ToString;
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow, bail};
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use core::pin::Pin;
 use log::warn;
-use std::ffi::c_void;
-use std::pin::Pin;
 use uefi::Handle;
 use uefi::boot::LoadImageSource;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::text::{AllowShortcuts, DisplayOnly};
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ impl<'a> ShimInput<'a> {
                 let path = path
                     .to_string(DisplayOnly(false), AllowShortcuts(false))
                     .context("unable to convert device path to string")?;
-                let path = utils::resolve_path(None, &path.to_string())
+                let path = crate::path::resolve_path(None, &path.to_string())
                     .context("unable to resolve path")?;
                 // Read the file path.
                 let data = path.read_file()?;
@@ -160,14 +162,14 @@ impl ShimSupport {
 
     /// Determines whether the shim is loaded.
     pub fn loaded() -> Result<bool> {
-        Ok(utils::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_LOCK_GUID)
+        Ok(crate::handle::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_LOCK_GUID)
             .context("unable to find shim lock protocol")?
             .is_some())
     }
 
     /// Determines whether the shim loader is available.
     pub fn loader_available() -> Result<bool> {
-        Ok(utils::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_IMAGE_LOADER_GUID)
+        Ok(crate::handle::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_IMAGE_LOADER_GUID)
             .context("unable to find shim image loader protocol")?
             .is_some())
     }
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ impl ShimSupport {
     /// Use the shim to validate the `input`, returning [ShimVerificationOutput] when complete.
     pub fn verify(input: ShimInput) -> Result<ShimVerificationOutput> {
         // Acquire the handle to the shim lock protocol.
-        let handle = utils::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_LOCK_GUID)
+        let handle = crate::handle::find_handle(&Self::SHIM_LOCK_GUID)
             .context("unable to find shim lock protocol")?
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("unable to find shim lock protocol"))?;
         // Acquire the protocol exclusively to the shim lock.

crates/eficore/src/shim/hook.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use crate::integrations::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport, ShimVerificationOutput};
-use crate::utils;
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use crate::shim::{ShimInput, ShimSupport, ShimVerificationOutput};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use core::slice;
 use log::warn;
-use std::sync::{LazyLock, Mutex};
+use spin::{Lazy, Mutex};
 use uefi::proto::device_path::FfiDevicePath;
 use uefi::proto::unsafe_protocol;
 use uefi::{Guid, guid};
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ struct SecurityHookState {
 
 /// Global state for the security hook.
 /// This is messy, but it is safe given the mutex.
-static GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE: LazyLock<Mutex<Option<SecurityHookState>>> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
+static GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE: Lazy<Mutex<Option<SecurityHookState>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
 
 /// Security hook helper.
 pub struct SecurityHook;
@@ -110,9 +109,7 @@ impl SecurityHook {
         // Verify the input, if it fails, call the original hook.
         if !Self::verify(input) {
             // Acquire the global hook state to grab the original hook.
-            let function = match GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock() {
-                // We have acquired the lock, so we can find the original hook.
-                Ok(state) => match state.as_ref() {
+            let function = match GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock().as_ref() {
                 // The hook state is available, so we can acquire the original hook.
                 Some(state) => state.original_hook.file_authentication_state,
 
@@ -121,15 +118,6 @@ impl SecurityHook {
                     warn!("global hook state is not available, unable to call original hook");
                     return Status::LOAD_ERROR;
                 }
-                },
-
-                Err(error) => {
-                    warn!(
-                        "unable to acquire global hook state lock to call original hook: {}",
-                        error,
-                    );
-                    return Status::LOAD_ERROR;
-                }
             };
 
             // Call the original hook function to see what it reports.
@@ -161,7 +149,7 @@ impl SecurityHook {
         }
 
         // Construct a slice out of the file buffer and size.
-        let buffer = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(file_buffer, file_size) };
+        let buffer = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(file_buffer, file_size) };
 
         // Construct a shim input from the path.
         let input = ShimInput::SecurityHookBuffer(Some(path), buffer);
@@ -169,9 +157,7 @@ impl SecurityHook {
         // Verify the input, if it fails, call the original hook.
         if !Self::verify(input) {
             // Acquire the global hook state to grab the original hook.
-            let function = match GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock() {
-                // We have acquired the lock, so we can find the original hook.
-                Ok(state) => match state.as_ref() {
+            let function = match GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock().as_ref() {
                 // The hook state is available, so we can acquire the original hook.
                 Some(state) => state.original_hook2.file_authentication,
 
@@ -180,15 +166,6 @@ impl SecurityHook {
                     warn!("global hook state is not available, unable to call original hook");
                     return Status::LOAD_ERROR;
                 }
-                },
-
-                Err(error) => {
-                    warn!(
-                        "unable to acquire global hook state lock to call original hook: {}",
-                        error
-                    );
-                    return Status::LOAD_ERROR;
-                }
             };
 
             // Call the original hook function to see what it reports.
@@ -203,14 +180,14 @@ impl SecurityHook {
     /// Install the security hook if needed.
     pub fn install() -> Result<bool> {
         // Find the security arch protocol. If we can't find it, we will return false.
-        let Some(hook_arch) = utils::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH_GUID)
+        let Some(hook_arch) = crate::handle::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH_GUID)
             .context("unable to check security arch existence")?
         else {
             return Ok(false);
         };
 
         // Find the security arch2 protocol. If we can't find it, we will return false.
-        let Some(hook_arch2) = utils::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH2_GUID)
+        let Some(hook_arch2) = crate::handle::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH2_GUID)
             .context("unable to check security arch2 existence")?
         else {
             return Ok(false);
@@ -237,9 +214,7 @@ impl SecurityHook {
         };
 
         // Acquire the lock to the global state and replace it.
-        let Ok(mut global_state) = GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock() else {
-            bail!("unable to acquire global hook state lock");
-        };
+        let mut global_state = GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock();
         global_state.replace(state);
 
         // Install the hooks into the UEFI stack.
@@ -252,14 +227,14 @@ impl SecurityHook {
     /// Uninstalls the global security hook, if installed.
     pub fn uninstall() -> Result<()> {
         // Find the security arch protocol. If we can't find it, we will do nothing.
-        let Some(hook_arch) = utils::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH_GUID)
+        let Some(hook_arch) = crate::handle::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH_GUID)
             .context("unable to check security arch existence")?
         else {
             return Ok(());
         };
 
         // Find the security arch2 protocol. If we can't find it, we will do nothing.
-        let Some(hook_arch2) = utils::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH2_GUID)
+        let Some(hook_arch2) = crate::handle::find_handle(&SECURITY_ARCH2_GUID)
             .context("unable to check security arch2 existence")?
         else {
             return Ok(());
@@ -276,9 +251,7 @@ impl SecurityHook {
                 .context("unable to open security arch2 protocol")?;
 
         // Acquire the lock to the global state.
-        let Ok(mut global_state) = GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock() else {
-            bail!("unable to acquire global hook state lock");
-        };
+        let mut global_state = GLOBAL_HOOK_STATE.lock();
 
         // Take the state and replace the original functions.
         let Some(state) = global_state.take() else {

crates/eficore/src/strings.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use uefi::CString16;
+
+/// Convert a byte slice into a CString16.
+pub fn utf16_bytes_to_cstring16(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<CString16> {
+    // Validate the input bytes are the right length.
+    if !bytes.len().is_multiple_of(2) {
+        bail!("utf16 bytes must be a multiple of 2");
+    }
+
+    // Convert the bytes to UTF-16 data.
+    let data = bytes
+        // Chunk everything into two bytes.
+        .chunks_exact(2)
+        // Reinterpret the bytes as u16 little-endian.
+        .map(|chunk| u16::from_le_bytes([chunk[0], chunk[1]]))
+        // Collect the result into a vector.
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    CString16::try_from(data).context("unable to convert utf16 bytes to CString16")
+}

crates/eficore/src/variables.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::utils;
+use crate::strings;
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use log::warn;
 use uefi::{CString16, guid};
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ impl VariableController {
         match uefi::runtime::get_variable_boxed(&name, &self.vendor) {
             Ok((data, _)) => {
                 // Try to decode UTF-16 bytes to a CString16.
-                match utils::utf16_bytes_to_cstring16(&data) {
+                match strings::utf16_bytes_to_cstring16(&data) {
                     Ok(value) => {
                         // We have a value, so return the UTF-8 value.
                         Ok(Some(value.to_string()))
@@ -142,6 +145,8 @@ impl VariableController {
         self.set(key, &value.to_le_bytes(), class)
     }
 
+    /// Remove the variable specified by `key`.
+    /// This can fail if the variable is not set.
     pub fn remove(&self, key: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let name = Self::name(key)?;
 

crates/sprout/build.rs

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::{env, fs};
-
-/// The size of the sbat.csv file.
-const SBAT_SIZE: usize = 512;
-
-/// Generate the sbat.csv for the .sbat link section.
-///
-/// We intake a sbat.template.tsv and output a sbat.csv which is included by src/sbat.rs
-fn generate_sbat_csv() {
-    // Notify Cargo that if the Sprout version changes, we need to regenerate the sbat.csv.
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
-
-    // The version of the sprout crate.
-    let sprout_version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").expect("CARGO_PKG_VERSION not set");
-
-    // The output directory to place the sbat.csv into.
-    let output_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").expect("OUT_DIR not set"));
-
-    // The output path to the sbat.csv.
-    let output_file = output_dir.join("sbat.csv");
-
-    // The path to the root of the sprout crate.
-    let sprout_root =
-        PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR not set"));
-
-    // The path to the sbat.template.tsv file is in the source directory of the sprout crate.
-    let template_path = sprout_root.join("src/sbat.template.csv");
-
-    // Read the sbat.csv template file.
-    let template = fs::read_to_string(&template_path).expect("unable to read template file");
-
-    // Replace the version placeholder in the template with the actual version.
-    let sbat = template.replace("{version}", &sprout_version);
-
-    // Encode the sbat.csv as bytes.
-    let mut encoded = sbat.as_bytes().to_vec();
-
-    if encoded.len() > SBAT_SIZE {
-        panic!("sbat.csv is too large");
-    }
-
-    // Pad the sbat.csv to the required size.
-    while encoded.len() < SBAT_SIZE {
-        encoded.push(0);
-    }
-
-    // Write the sbat.csv to the output directory.
-    fs::write(&output_file, encoded).expect("unable to write sbat.csv");
-}
-
-/// Build script entry point.
-/// Right now, all we need to do is generate the sbat.csv file.
-fn main() {
-    // Generate the sbat.csv file.
-    generate_sbat_csv();
-}

crates/sprout/src/integrations.rs

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/// Implements support for the bootloader interface specification.
-pub mod bootloader_interface;
-/// Implements support for the shim loader application for Secure Boot.
-pub mod shim;

crates/sprout/src/platform.rs

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/// timer: Platform timer support.
-pub mod timer;
-/// tpm: Platform TPM support.
-pub mod tpm;

crates/sprout/src/platform/timer/x86_64.rs

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-use crate::platform::timer::TickFrequency;
-use core::arch::asm;
-use std::time::Duration;
-
-/// We will measure the frequency of the timer based on 1000 microseconds.
-/// This will result in a call to BS->Stall(1000) in the end.
-const MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_micros(1000);
-
-/// Read the number of ticks from the platform timer.
-pub fn ticks() -> u64 {
-    let mut eax: u32;
-    let mut edx: u32;
-
-    unsafe {
-        asm!("rdtsc", out("eax") eax, out("edx") edx);
-    }
-
-    (edx as u64) << 32 | eax as u64
-}
-
-/// Read the starting number of ticks from the platform timer.
-pub fn start() -> u64 {
-    let rax: u64;
-    unsafe {
-        asm!(
-            "mfence",
-            "lfence",
-            "rdtsc",
-            "shl rdx, 32",
-            "or rax, rdx",
-            out("rax") rax
-        );
-    }
-    rax
-}
-
-/// Read the ending number of ticks from the platform timer.
-pub fn stop() -> u64 {
-    let rax: u64;
-    unsafe {
-        asm!(
-        "rdtsc",
-        "lfence",
-        "shl rdx, 32",
-        "or rax, rdx",
-        out("rax") rax
-        );
-    }
-    rax
-}
-
-/// Measure the frequency of the platform timer.
-fn measure_frequency() -> u64 {
-    let start = start();
-    uefi::boot::stall(MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION);
-    let stop = stop();
-    let elapsed = stop.wrapping_sub(start) as f64;
-    (elapsed / MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION.as_secs_f64()) as u64
-}
-
-/// Acquire the platform timer frequency.
-/// On x86_64, this is slightly expensive, so it should be done once.
-pub fn frequency() -> TickFrequency {
-    let frequency = measure_frequency();
-    TickFrequency::Measured(frequency, MEASURE_FREQUENCY_DURATION)
-}

crates/sprout/src/sbat.rs

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/// SBAT must be aligned by 512 bytes.
-const SBAT_SIZE: usize = 512;
-
-/// Define the SBAT attestation by including the sbat.csv file.
-/// See this document for more details: https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md
-/// NOTE: Alignment can't be enforced by an attribute, so instead the alignment is currently
-/// enforced by the SBAT_SIZE being 512. The build.rs will ensure that the sbat.csv is padded.
-/// This code will not compile if the sbat.csv is a different size than SBAT_SIZE.
-#[used]
-#[unsafe(link_section = ".sbat")]
-static SBAT: [u8; SBAT_SIZE] = *include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/sbat.csv"));

crates/sprout/src/setup.rs

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use std::os::uefi as uefi_std;
-
-/// Initializes the UEFI environment.
-///
-/// This fetches the system table and current image handle from uefi_std and injects
-/// them into the uefi crate.
-pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
-    // Acquire the system table and image handle from the uefi_std environment.
-    let system_table = uefi_std::env::system_table();
-    let image_handle = uefi_std::env::image_handle();
-
-    // SAFETY: The UEFI variables above come from the Rust std.
-    // These variables are not-null and calling the uefi crates with these values is validated
-    // to be corrected by hand.
-    unsafe {
-        // Set the system table and image handle.
-        uefi::table::set_system_table(system_table.as_ptr().cast());
-        let handle = uefi::Handle::from_ptr(image_handle.as_ptr().cast())
-            .context("unable to resolve image handle")?;
-        uefi::boot::set_image_handle(handle);
-    }
-
-    // Initialize the uefi logger mechanism and other helpers.
-    uefi::helpers::init().context("unable to initialize uefi")?;
-    Ok(())
-}

docs/setup/signed/debian.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 - Modern Debian release: tested on Debian 13 ARM64
 - EFI System Partition mounted on `/boot/efi` (the default)
-- ext4 or FAT32/exFAT formatted `/boot` partition
 - You will need the following packages installed: `openssl`, `shim-signed`, `mokutil`, `sbsigntool`
 
 ## Step 1: Generate and Install Secure Boot Key

docs/setup/signed/opensuse.md

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+# Setup Sprout for openSUSE with Secure Boot
+
+**NOTE:** This guide may not function as written if the system validates hashes.
+If your system validates hashes in the shim, you will need to use MokManager to enroll the hashes
+of every EFI file involved, such as Sprout and any EFI drivers.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Modern openSUSE release: tested on openSUSE Tumbleweed ARM64
+- EFI System Partition mounted on `/boot/efi` (the default)
+- You will need the following packages installed: `openssl`, `shim`, `mokutil`, `sbsigntools`
+
+## Step 1: Generate and Install Secure Boot Key
+
+```bash
+# Create a directory to store the Secure Boot MOK key and certificates.
+$ mkdir -p /etc/sprout/secure-boot
+# Change to the created directory.
+$ cd /etc/sprout/secure-boot
+# Generate a MOK key and certificate.
+$ openssl req \
+    -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout mok.key \
+    -new -x509 -sha256 -days 3650 -subj '/CN=Sprout Secure Boot/' \
+    -out mok.crt
+# Generate a DER encoded certificate for enrollment.
+$ openssl x509 -outform DER -in mok.crt -out mok.cer
+# Import the certificate into the Secure Boot environment.
+# This will ask you to make a password that will be used during enrollment.
+$ mokutil --import mok.cer
+# Reboot your machine.
+# During boot, MOK enrollment should appear. If it doesn't, ensure you are booting into the shim.
+# Press any key to begin MOK management. Select "Enroll MOK".
+# Select "View key 0", and ensure the subject says "CN=Sprout Secure Boot".
+# If the subject does not match, something has gone wrong with MOK enrollment.
+# Press Enter to continue, then select the "Continue" option.
+# When it asks to enroll the key, select the "Yes" option.
+# Enter the password that you created during the mokutil --import step.
+# Select "Reboot" to boot back into your Operating System.
+```
+
+## Step 2: Prepare the Secure Boot Environment
+
+```bash
+# Create a directory for Sprout EFI artifacts.
+$ mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/sprout
+
+# For x86_64, copy the following artifacts to the Sprout EFI directory.
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/x86_64/shim.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/shim.efi
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/x86_64/MokManager.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/MokManager.efi
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/x86_64/fallback.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/fallback.efi
+
+# For aarch64, copy the following artifacts to the Sprout EFI directory.
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/aarch64/shim.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/shim.efi
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/aarch64/MokManager.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/MokManager.efi
+$ cp /usr/share/efi/aarch64/fallback.efi /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/fallback.efi
+```
+
+## Step 3: Install Unsigned Sprout
+
+Download the latest sprout.efi release from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/edera-dev/sprout/releases).
+For x86_64 systems, download the `sprout-x86_64.efi` file, and for ARM64 systems, download the `sprout-aarch64.efi`
+file.
+Copy the downloaded `sprout.efi` file to `/boot/efi/EFI/sprout/sprout.unsigned.efi` on your EFI System Partition.
+
+## Step 4: Sign Sprout for Secure Boot
+
+```bash
+# Sign the unsigned Sprout artifact and name it grub.efi which is what the shim will call.
+$ sbsign \
+    --key /etc/sprout/secure-boot/mok.key \
+    --cert /etc/sprout/secure-boot/mok.crt \
+    --output /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/grub.efi \
+    /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/sprout.unsigned.efi
+```
+
+## Step 5: Install and Sign EFI Drivers
+
+You will need a filesystem EFI driver if `/boot` is not FAT32 or ExFAT.
+If `/boot` is FAT32 or ExFAT, you can skip this step.
+
+Most Debian systems use an ext4 filesystem for `/boot`.
+You can download an EFI filesystem driver from [EfiFs releases](https://github.com/pbatard/EfiFs/releases).
+For ext4, download the `ext2` file for your platform. It should work for ext4 filesystems too.
+
+If you have an EFI driver, copy the driver to `/boot/efi/EFI/sprout/DRIVER_NAME.unsigned.efi` for signing.
+
+For example, the `ext4` driver, copy the `ext4.efi` file to `/boot/efi/EFI/sprout/ext4.unsigned.efi`.
+
+Then sign the driver with the Sprout Secure Boot key:
+
+```bash
+# Sign the ext4 driver at ext4.unsigned.efi, placing it at ext4.efi, which will be used in the configuration.
+$ sbsign \
+    --key /etc/sprout/secure-boot/mok.key \
+    --cert /etc/sprout/secure-boot/mok.crt \
+    --output /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/ext4.efi \
+    /boot/efi/EFI/sprout/ext4.unsigned.efi
+```
+
+## Step 6: Create Sprout Configuration
+
+Write the following to the file `/boot/efi/sprout.toml`:
+
+```toml
+# sprout configuration: version 1
+version = 1
+
+# global values.
+[values]
+# your linux kernel command line.
+linux-options = "root=UUID=MY_ROOT_UUID"
+
+# load an ext4 EFI driver.
+# skip this if you do not have a filesystem driver.
+# if your filesystem driver is not named ext4, change accordingly.
+[drivers.ext4]
+path = "\\EFI\\sprout\\ext4.efi"
+
+# global options.
+[options]
+# enable autoconfiguration by detecting bls enabled filesystems
+# or linux kernels and generating boot entries for them.
+autoconfigure = true
+```
+
+Ensure you add the signed driver paths to the configuration, not the unsigned ones.
+If you do not have any drivers, exclude the drivers section entirely.
+
+## Step 7: Configure Sprout Boot Entry
+
+In the following commands, replace /dev/ESP_PARTITION with the actual path to the ESP partition block device.
+
+```bash
+# Run this command to add Sprout as the default boot entry.
+$ efibootmgr -d /dev/ESP_PARTITION -c -L 'Sprout' -l '\EFI\sprout\shim.efi'
+```
+
+Reboot your machine and it should boot into Sprout.
+If Sprout fails to boot, it should boot into the original bootloader.

docs/setup/signed/ubuntu.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 - Modern Ubuntu release: tested on Ubuntu 25.10 ARM64
 - EFI System Partition mounted on `/boot/efi` (the default)
-- ext4 or FAT32/exFAT formatted `/boot` partition
 
 ## Step 1: Generate and Install Secure Boot Key
 

hack/clean.sh

@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	delete_image sprout-kernel-build-aarch64 || true
 	delete_image sprout-boot-x86_64 || true
 	delete_image sprout-boot-aarch64 || true
+	delete_image sprout-xen-x86_64 || true
+	delete_image sprout-xen-aarch64 || true
 fi

hack/dev/boot.sh

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [ "${NO_INPUT}" != "1" ]; then
+	set -- "${@}" \
+		-device qemu-xhci \
+		-device usb-kbd \
+		-device usb-mouse
+fi
+
 rm -f "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf-boot.fd"
 cp "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf.fd" "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf-boot.fd"
 if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "aarch64" ]; then

rust-toolchain.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "nightly"
-components = ["rustfmt", "rust-std", "clippy"]
+channel = "1.91.0"
+components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-uefi", "aarch64-unknown-uefi"]