function stuffy {

  FUNCNAME="stuffy"

  cp -f ${BASEDIR}/VERSION_INFO.txt ${TEMPDIR}/.

  if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
  then
    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '
  else
    RACECAR_CHK=""
  fi

  echo "Setting up EFI stuff..."

  mkdir -p ${TEMPDIR}/{EFI/{${DISTNAME},boot},loader/entries}
  # this stuff comes from the prebootloader pkg and systemd-boot. lets us boot on UEFI machines with secureboot still enabled.
  # the signed prebootloader binaries, however, have been replaced by non-signed ones. so we need to fetch them.
  # fetched from http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/
  curl -so ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi "http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/PreLoader.efi" # MD5: 4f7a4f566781869d252a09dc84923a82 TODO: implement checksumming check
  curl -so ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/HashTool.efi http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/HashTool.efi
  #cp ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/prebootloader/PreLoader.efi ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
  #cp ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/prebootloader/HashTool.efi ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/.
  cp ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/loader.efi # TODO: can i use syslinux.efi instead?

  echo "Checking/fetching UEFI shells..."
  if [ ! -f "${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi" ];
  then
    # EFI Shell 2.0 for UEFI 2.3+ ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UEFI_Shell )
    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi "https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi?raw=true" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
  fi
  if [ ! -f "${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi" ];
  then
    # EFI Shell 1.0 for non UEFI 2.3+ ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=Efi-shell )
    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi "https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi?raw=true" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
  fi

  # now for setting up loader config/entries. maybe add memtest or something in the future? i dunno.
  cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/loader.conf << EOF
timeout 3
default ${UXNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/${UXNAME}_ram.conf << EOF
title   ${PNAME} (RAM)
linux   /boot/${UXNAME}.kern
initrd  /boot/${UXNAME}.img
options copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/${UXNAME}.conf << EOF
title   ${PNAME} (Media)
linux   /boot/${UXNAME}.kern
initrd  /boot/${UXNAME}.img
options archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/uefi2.conf << EOF
title   UEFI Shell (v2)
efi    /EFI/shellx64_v2.efi
EOF
  cat > ${TEMPDIR}/loader/entries/uefi1.conf << EOF
title   UEFI Shell (v1)
efi    /EFI/shellx64_v1.efi
EOF


  # create the embedded efiboot FAT stuff
  # how big should we make the disk?
  echo "Generating the EFI embedded FAT filesystem..."
  # are we building split-arch ISOs?
  if [[ "${MULTIARCH}" == "n" ]];
  then
   rm -f ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/${DISTNAME}/efiboot.img
  fi
  # now we need to calculate the space for various files we're going to include...
  FATSIZE=$(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/boot/${UXNAME}.64.kern) # EFI/BDISK/bdisk.efi
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/boot/${UXNAME}.64.img))) # EFI/BDISK/bdisk.img
  #FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/prebootloader/PreLoader.efi))) # EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi))) # EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/HashTool.efi))) # EFI/boot/HashTool.efi
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi))) # EFI/boot/loader.efi
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi)))
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(stat --format="%s" ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi)))
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + $(du -sb ${TEMPDIR}/loader | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1}'))) # loader/* (okay so i cheated a little here.)
  FATSIZE=$((${FATSIZE} + 786432)) # let's give a little wiggle room; 768k should do it. -_-
  ${RACECAR_CHK}truncate -s "${FATSIZE}" ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/${DISTNAME}/efiboot.img
  ${RACECAR_CHK}mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n ${DISTNAME}_EFI ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/${DISTNAME}/efiboot.img >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
  mkdir -p ${SRCDIR}/efiboot
  mount ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/${DISTNAME}/efiboot.img ${SRCDIR}/efiboot
  mkdir -p ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/${DISTNAME}
  cp ${TEMPDIR}/boot/${UXNAME}.64.kern ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.efi
  cp ${TEMPDIR}/boot/${UXNAME}.64.img ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.img
  mkdir -p ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/{EFI/boot,loader/entries}
# GETTING DEJA VU HERE.
  cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/loader.conf << EOF
timeout 3
default ${UXNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/${UXNAME}_ram.conf << EOF
title   ${PNAME} (RAM)
linux   /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.efi
initrd  /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.img
options copytoram archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/${UXNAME}.conf << EOF
title   ${PNAME} (Media)
linux   /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.efi
initrd  /EFI/${DISTNAME}/${UXNAME}.img
options archisobasedir=${DISTNAME} archisolabel=${DISTNAME}
EOF
  cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/uefi2.conf << EOF
title   UEFI Shell (v2)
efi    /EFI/shellx64_v2.efi
EOF
  cat > ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/loader/entries/uefi1.conf << EOF
title   UEFI Shell (v1)
efi    /EFI/shellx64_v1.efi
EOF

  cp ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
  cp ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/boot/HashTool.efi ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/boot/.
  cp ${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/boot/loader.efi # TODO: can i use syslinux.efi instead?
  cp ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v{1,2}.efi ${SRCDIR}/efiboot/EFI/.
  umount ${SRCDIR}/efiboot
  echo "EFI configuration complete..."

}