> > On 9 Jul 2025, at 17:30, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2025-07-09, Nicolas George <[email protected]> wrote: >> Felix Miata (HE12025-07-09): >>> This may have nothing to do with Debian or any OS. It could be either >>> firmware in >>> the motherboard >> >> Nit: the firmware in the motherboard is an operating system. > > Is the firmware in the motherboard otherwise referred to as the BIOS?
Some of it - the firmware dealing with low level I/O. There’s also firmware in just about every embedded device on the board (wireless card, sound card, serial busses, etc) which isn’t part of the BIOS J — John Dow <[email protected]> Written by a human.

