User's Manual

TMC7200 SERIES USER MANUAL
4.1 Introduction
The board TMC7200
< CherryTrail > uses an Insyde
Serial Peripheral Interface Flash Memory (SPI Flash) and can be updated. The
SPI Flash contains the BIOS Setup program, Power
PCI auto-
configuration utility, LAN EEPROM information, and Plug and Play
support.
Insyde
BIOS firmware is based on the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface) Specifications and the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI.
The UEFI specification defines an interface between an operating system and
platform firmware. The interface con
sists of data tables that contain
platform-
related information, boot service calls, and runtime service calls that
are available to the operating system and its loader. These provide standard
environment for booting an operating system and running pre
applications.
The diagram below shows the Extensible Firmware Interfaces location in the
software stack.
Figure 4-1
. Extensible Firmware Interface Diagram
EFI BIOS provides an user interface that allows
you to modify hardware
configuration, e.g. change the system date and time, enable or disable a
system component, determine bootable device priority, set up personal
password, etc., which is convenient for engineers to perform modifications and
customize t
he computer system and allows technicians to troubleshoot the
occurred errors when the hardware is faulty.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
Page: 4-2
< CherryTrail > uses an Insyde
BIOS that is stored in the
Serial Peripheral Interface Flash Memory (SPI Flash) and can be updated. The
SPI Flash contains the BIOS Setup program, Power
-on Self-Test (POST), the
configuration utility, LAN EEPROM information, and Plug and Play
BIOS firmware is based on the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface) Specifications and the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI.
The UEFI specification defines an interface between an operating system and
sists of data tables that contain
related information, boot service calls, and runtime service calls that
are available to the operating system and its loader. These provide standard
environment for booting an operating system and running pre
-boot
The diagram below shows the Extensible Firmware Interface’s location in the
. Extensible Firmware Interface Diagram
you to modify hardware
configuration, e.g. change the system date and time, enable or disable a
system component, determine bootable device priority, set up personal
password, etc., which is convenient for engineers to perform modifications and
he computer system and allows technicians to troubleshoot the