[LinuxBIOS] Names names.. [was: Linux vs. Open?]

Jamie Rollins jrollins at ligo.mit.edu
Tue Mar 15 14:30:17 CET 2005


And I personally don't see the problem with looking ahead to an acronym
either, for what it's worth.  Most concepts end up being abbreviated
anyway.

jamie.



On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Richard Smith wrote:

> > pretty good, "mainboard firmware" - but then I'm back at the original
> > problem; what to call the non-payload part. Core? Hardware init?
>
> What about init phase?  The whole pre-payload is basically just a
> per-subsystem init procedure.  Be it CPU, memory, pci cards, or
> whatever.
>
> > Terribly sorry if anyone thinks I'm splitting hairs. I just want to
> > see what ideas are out there on this.
>
> I doubt anyone thinks that.  I'm sure that most of us are just happy
> that someone _is_ thinking about these kind of things and actually
> doing something.  This is exactly the type of info that a newbe needs.
>  Attention to this type of stuff is what sets a good "Project" apart
> from just a pile of code.
>
> --
> Richard A. Smith
>
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