James Powell [2015-06-04 02:57]: > Firmware is part of the kernel in a sense because it is loaded by the > kernel at boot. It only interacts with the kernel and the kernel modules > to provide any missing functionality, like a header file does, except > rather than C code, it's prebuilt binary language code. > > It is not technically software because it doesn't act through an API, > shell interpreter, user interface, or execution medium.
And another point, most devices that do not require loading firmware from disk _already_ has non-free firmware on-board, in an eprom chip or similar. -- Hilsen Harald _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng