Tag: APFS

AppleSupportPkg: ApfsLDriverLoader, AppleLoadImage, AppleDxeImageVerificationLib

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ApfsDriverLoader
Open source apfs.efi loader based on reverse-engineered Apple’s ApfsJumpStart driver
Loads apfs.efi from ApfsContainer located on block device.
Apfs driver verbose logging suppressed.
Version system: connects each apfs.efi to the device from which it was retrieved
Supports AppleLoadImage protocol provides EfiBinary signature check
WARNING: Please load AppleLoadImage.efi right before ApfsDriverLoader, or just put it inside drivers64uefi folder of your Clover bootloader

AppleLoadImage
Implementation of AppleLoadImage protocol discoverd in ApfsJumpStart Apple driver. This protocol installs in CoreDxe Apple’s firmware.
It provides safe EFI binary loading into memory by verifiyng it’s signature.
Also gives ability to use native ApfsJumpStart driver from Apple firmware
WARNING: ApplePartitionDriver needed

AppleDxeImageVerificationLib
This library provides reverse-engineered Apple’s crypto signature algorithms.

https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleSupportPkg

ApfsSupportPkg – Open source apfs.efi loader based on reverse-engineered Apple’s ApsfJumpStart driver

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Apple has a new file system, APFS. This causes Hackintosh people lots of grief. There are lots of Apple APFS binaries online, and now there’s this:

https://github.com/acidanthera/ApfsSupportPkg

Implementation of AppleLoadImage protocol discoverd in ApfsJumpStart Apple driver. This protocol installs in CoreDxe Apple’s firmware. Gives ability to use native ApfsJumpStart driver from Apple firmware

Credits:
cugu for awesome research according APFS structure
CupertinoNet and Download-Fritz for Apple EFI reverse-engineering
vit9696 for codereview and support in the development
savvas