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{{short description|Free software implementation of Open Firmware}} ...to provide [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open source]] implementations of [[Open Firmware]]. It is also the name of such an implementation. ...

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...ence that is less than a specified length or 4 characters by default. Some implementations provide options for determining what is recognized as a printable character The following command searches the system's [[BIOS]] for strings that are at 8 characters long: ...

== Implementations and licensing == Several commercial implementations of Open Firmware have been released to the Open Source community since 2006 ...

...g capabilities independently of the host system's [[CPU]], [[firmware]] ([[BIOS]] or [[UEFI]]) and [[operating system]]. IPMI defines a set of interfaces u ...d URL-6 special thermal conductivity samples|doi=10.4095/315247|doi-access=free}}</ref> ...

In the context of [[free and open-source software]], [[proprietary software]] only available as a [[ | title = Coreboot: Replacing Intel's Binary Video BIOS Blob ...

}}</ref> is a software project aimed at replacing proprietary [[firmware]] ([[BIOS]] or [[UEFI]]) found in most computers with a lightweight firmware designed ...the coreboot variants is [[Libreboot]], a [[software distribution]] partly free of [[binary blob|proprietary blobs]], aimed at end users. ...

...h a [[Compatibility Support Module]] that provides a subset of traditional BIOS support with its [[Boot Camp (software)|Boot Camp]] product. ...e earlier PC BIOS. The GPT replaces the Master Boot Record (MBR) used with BIOS. ...

...rom the [[GNU Project]]. GRUB is the [[reference implementation]] of the [[Free Software Foundation]]'s [[Multiboot Specification]], which provides a user ...n a [[GUID Partition Table|GPT]]-partitioned hard drive, booting on [[BIOS|BIOS firmware]], or [[UEFI#CSM booting|UEFI compatibility mode (CSM)]]]] ...

== Implementations == ...transfer), and detect (but not correct) errors of two bits per word. The [[BIOS]] in some computers, when matched with operating systems such as some versi ...

...annot work with normal PS/2 keyboard driver software, including the system BIOS keyboard driver.) * To free USB ports for other uses like removable USB devices. ...

...''boot loader'''<ref name="GRUB">{{Cite web|title=GNU GRUB - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/index.html| ...egins with the CPU executing software contained in ROM (for example, the [[BIOS]]/basic input output system of an [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]] or an [[ ...

...also closely copied the PDP-11's internal architecture. Each model has one free card slot which is electrically, but not mechanically, compatible with [[Q- ...puting)|palette]]. It does not support text modes, but simulates two via [[BIOS]] routines: 32×25 and 64×25. Some operating systems such as ANDOS have mana ...

...ointer to address zero ''is'' intentional and well-defined; for example, [[BIOS]] code written in C for 16-bit real-mode x86 devices may write the [[interr ...lers are permitted to optimize programs under the assumption that they are free of undefined behavior. This behaviour is the same in [[C++]], as there is n ...

...he UEFI 2.11 Specification and the PI 1.9 Specification To Streamline User Implementations {{!}} Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum |url=https://uefi.org/pre ...essor = [[BIOS]] on [[IBM PC compatible]] computers{{efn|Part of the BIOS that is required for booting an operating system that is not UEFI-compatibl ...

...or Standardization]] (ISO). Since the specification is publicly available, implementations have been written for many [[operating system]]s.<ref name=ECMA-119-2019-06 ...ting)|header]] for the data area, describing its content (similar to the [[BIOS parameter block]] used by [[File Allocation Table|FAT]], [[High Performance ...

...acement that is often still called BIOS|UEFI|the general concept|Firmware||Bios (disambiguation)}} | image = Pair of BIOS chips.jpg ...

...]s and [[IBM PC compatible|compatibles]], the Basic Input Output System ([[BIOS]]) and [[DOS]] system calls provide a way to write text on the screen, and The [[free software]] program [[GNU Screen]] provides for managing multiple sessions i ...

...[[Chips and Technologies]] P82C612 MCA interface controller; allowing MCA implementations to become a lot easier.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.datasheetarchive.com ...rds) could then share the same port. The add-on cards were then able to be free of "[[legacy system|legacy]]" VGA modes, making use of the on-board graphic ...

...graphics hardware using [[software interrupt]]s (sometimes via the [[Video BIOS]]) and by manipulating [[video memory]] directly. Code written in this way ...screensaver. Their presence in the basic graphics layer greatly simplifies implementations of vector-graphics systems such as [[Adobe Flash]] or [[Scalable Vector Gra ...