<![CDATA[The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid.]]>The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid.

UEFI is an operating system. Limine is a bootloader that is more capable than a lot of small operating systems. You've got the IME. The AML VM because God is dead. SMM. Maybe a hypervisor, and then your OS.

PCI, ACPI, AML, DT, UEFI, PEI, DXE...statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b149aecc-5274-4d5b-959c-3d4c04d75635/the-sheer-number-of-nested-chained-operating-system-ish-layers-on-a-modern-computer-between-your-operating-system-and-the-actual-metal-is-just-stupid.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:44:46 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 21:44:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:42:25 GMT]]>@rk I didn’t know white label was even a thing till hearing your talk. Then I had a eureka moment that explained why I’d see the same dumb ass devices on networks but labeled wrong. Kinda had an idea that something weird was going on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rtificial/statuses/116524380679365597https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rtificial/statuses/116524380679365597Tue, 05 May 2026 22:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:15:35 GMT]]>@rtificial

Hehehe. Not my best work (😅), but I had a lot of fun with the geographic distribution datasets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116524275177214167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116524275177214167Tue, 05 May 2026 22:15:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:13:26 GMT]]>@rk just seen your sector talk hit YouTube

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rtificial/statuses/116524266710360887https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rtificial/statuses/116524266710360887Tue, 05 May 2026 22:13:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:04:20 GMT]]>STOP DOING BUS ENUMERATION

* DEVICES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DISCOVERABLE
* YEARS OF pci BUT NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND
* Wanted to find the addresses of MMIO registers? We had a tool for that it was called "the manual"

LOOK at what computers have been demanding your respect for:

Name (_UID, 0x00)
Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized){
Return (0x0F)
}

This is REAL AML done by REAL computers.

They have played us for absolute fools.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116524230944947487https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116524230944947487Tue, 05 May 2026 22:04:20 GMT