IEEE standard for boot (initialization configuration) firmware
Subtitle: core requirements and practices
By: sponsor, Bus Architecture Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.
Contributors: IEEE Computer Society. Bus Architecture Standards Committee.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.; IEEE Standards Board.; American National Standards Institute.
Series: IEEE Std -- 1275-1994.; IEEE std -- 1275-1994.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Computer firmware -- Standards.
Other titles: Standard for boot (initialization configuration) firmware: core requirements and practices.
Description: Firmware is the read-only-memory (ROM)-based software that controls a computer between the time it is turned on and the time the primary operating system takes control of the machine. Open Firmware provides the following: a mechanism for loading and executing programs (such as operating systems) from disks, tapes, network interfaces, and other devices; an ISA-independent method for identifying devices "plugged in" to expansion buses and for providing firmware and diagnostics drivers for these devices; an extensible and programmable command language based on the Forth programming language; methods for managing user-configurable options stored in nonvolatile memory; a "call back" interface allowing other programs to make use of Open Firmware services; and debugging tools for hardware, firmware, firmware drivers, and system software.
Notes: "Approved March 17, 1994, IEEE Standards Board; approved August 23, 1994, American National Standards Institute."

"October 28, 1994"--Cover.

"Recognized as an American National Standard (ANSI)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.