Contributions

  • IEEE Computer Society. Bus Architecture Standards Committee. - Contributor
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. - Contributor
  • IEEE Standards Board. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, N.Y., USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

2,500 words, Guess

Page Count

10 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Standard for boot (initialization configuration) firmware.

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. Firmware's responsibilities include testing and initializing the hardware, determining the hardware configuration, loading (or booting) the operating system, and providing interactive debugging facilities in case of faulty hardware or software. The core requirements and practices specified by IEEE Std 1275-1994 must be supplemented by system-specific requirements to form a complete specification for the firmware for a particular system. This standard establishes such additional requirements pertaining to the bus architecture defined by the IEEE Futurebus+ standards: ISO/IEC 10857 : 1994 [ANSI/IEEE Std 896.1, 1994 Edition], information technology--Microprocessor systems--Futurebus+--Logical protocol specification; and IEEE Std 896.2-1991, IEEE Standard for Futurebus+--Physical Layer and Profile Specification.

Subjects

Topics

StandardsComputer firmwareComputer firmware -- Standards

Series Statement

  • IEEE Std -- 1275.4-1995.

Links

Other Editions

  • IEEE standard for boot (initialization configuration) firmware: bus suppplement for IEEE 896 (Futurebus+)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers1996-01-01

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