skiguy0123@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 13 days agothe self checkout machines at Walmart need a reboot. syslinux 6.03imagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down14
arrow-up1245arrow-down1imagethe self checkout machines at Walmart need a reboot. syslinux 6.03skiguy0123@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 13 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·13 days agowhich is funny because firmware is a legacy term for what evolved into what is honestly software. You don’t need to socket any new chips nowadays.
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoI mean, if what we’re using is pulled from a chipset on the motherboard whose storage space isn’t rewritable from the OS interface, wouldn’t that be called firmware? You are using a flash chip to boot after all.
which is funny because firmware is a legacy term for what evolved into what is honestly software.
You don’t need to socket any new chips nowadays.
I mean, if what we’re using is pulled from a chipset on the motherboard whose storage space isn’t rewritable from the OS interface, wouldn’t that be called firmware? You are using a flash chip to boot after all.