It seems that Lourens feared about a firmware inside the hardware, something unremovable, unrewritable excepted if one can have the HDL code, maybe. Am I wrong?
Le vendredi 24 novembre 2006 à 12:47 +0000, Dieter a écrit : > > I think it's hard to make a clear definition here. How is firmware=20 > > different from software? > > Typically, firmware is loaded from some form of ROM, while software is > loaded from some form of disk. > > But there are exceptions. On some larger machines, all the software > that runs the console/monitor CPU is called firmware, even though most > of it is loaded in from disk. > > The first use of floppies was for firmware. And I'm ignoring things > like core memory, paper tape, punch cards, mag tape, drum, ... > > There isn't really any difference. > > Firmware can and often does have bugs, so the user needs to be able > to improve and replace it just like software. > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
