UniXNU Docs
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Add English and Simplified Chinese documentation under docs/, covering the boot chain, build, boot, debugging, porting, drivers, XNU 4 KiB pages, macOS and device notes. Add the Pages workflow and CNAME. Rename the boot manager from CrabApple to UniXNU across the package, symbols, paths, configuration file and logs. Update README with the documentation badge and CONTRIBUTING link.
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Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ADT | Apple device tree. The compact node encoding XNU reads from the .adt sidecar |
| AMFI | Apple Mobile File Integrity. The original code signing and entitlement policy |
| ABL | Android bootloader. The stock bootloader that loads the boot image |
| BootShim | The small AArch64 shim that starts the UEFI firmware volume |
| UniXNU | The UEFI boot manager |
| DarwinBoot | The UniXNU XNU loader |
| Defconfig | The CONFIG_* file that selects kernel, package and driver options |
| Device repository | The repository with board.toml and the device modules |
| ADT sidecar | kernel.macho.adt, the device tree next to the kernel |
| Feed | A git source declared in feeds.toml |
| Firmware volume | The EDK II SILICIUM_UEFI.fd image |
| IOMedia | The IOKit object that represents a disk or volume |
| IPSW | Apple restore image. The source of the kernelcache, device tree, disk images and trust caches |
| Kernelcache | The original prelinked Apple kernel with its kexts |
| Kext | A kernel extension bundle |
| Kit | A UniXNU bundle with drivers, patches, overlays, ACPI tables and kexts |
| Module | A driver, kit, patch, package or script selected by name |
| Personality | The IOKit match dictionary for a driver |
| PGZ | The zone allocator secondary page |
| Prelink | The step that combines the native kernel with the original kernelcache |
| SMMU | The ARM System Memory Management Unit |
| Trust cache | The Apple list of trusted code hashes |
| Userdata | The partition image with the OS and SystemOS windows |
| SHNGROOT | The manifest at the start of the userdata image |
| SystemOS | The cryptex system volume from the IPSW |
| DSC | The EDK II platform description file |
| FDF | The EDK II firmware description file |
| INF | The EDK II module description file |
| DXE | The UEFI driver execution environment |
| BDS | The UEFI boot device selection phase |
| GOP | The UEFI graphics output protocol |
| CHRP | The NVRAM bank format used by the Apple device tree |
| PGZ probe | The zone allocator alignment instrument |