On propriatary hardware and the origins of Linux (was: IBM Buys Rational...)

Tom Buskey tom at buskey.name
Fri Dec 6 20:09:52 EST 2002


bscott at ntisys.com said:

>  The thing that really makes the firmware in most proprietary Unix systems
>different from PCs is that the firmware is tightly coupled with the
>operating system.  For example, you can usually control OS boot options from
>the ROM monitor.

I'm not sure what you mean by tightly coupled on, say, sun SPARCs.  I 
can go in with a serial terminal of various types or keyboard and 
monitor.  I can also use the keyboard and a terminal or monitor and 
terminal.



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