Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A BIOS is normally stored in binary form as executable or > interpretable code plus associated data. Most people would call > executable code in binary form "software;" Debian uses a broader > definition than that. The real question is why you think that > executable binary data is not software.
A firmware image is not software to the system on which Debian runs. What it is to another system (e.g. some PCI card) is irrelevant. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]
