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UEFI 2.11 Released With PI 1.9 Bringing LoongArch & RNG Additions


On Tuesday the UEFI Forum released the UEFI 2.11 specification alongside the Platform Initialization (PI) 1.9 specification

PI 1.9 adds support for the LoongArch Chinese CPU architecture, new RNG capabilities, and more. - Adds Random Number Generator (RNG) PEIM-to-PEIM Interface (PPI) to serve as an entropy source for seeding other cryptographic services, allowing platforms to provide RNG services in PEI across binary boundaries effectively - Includes new protocol for Multiple SPI Regions with varying block erase sizes, enhancing flexibility and functionality

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