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Re: Package identification





On 9 Jul 2025, at 17:30, Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-09, Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> 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
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