Replace firmware with Linux OS, operating system, or software

We should avoid the use of the ambigous word 'firmware'.

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Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Wiberg
2023-11-24 12:35:46 +01:00
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config SIGN_KEY
menuconfig DISK_IMAGE
bool "Disk image"
help
Compose a full disk image with redundant firmware partitions,
Compose a full disk image with redundant Linux OS partitions,
configuration partition, etc.
This is useful when:
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ To mitigate the risk of a malicious user being able to circumvent the
bootloader's validation procedure, user configuration is kept to a
minimum. Two settings are available:
- **Boot order**: Since Infix maintains two copies of its firmware,
- **Boot order**: Since Infix maintains two copies of its software image,
and as some bootloaders support netbooting, the order in which boot
sources are considered can be configured. To select the active
source, use [RAUC][]:
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ boot Infix over the network. DHCP is used to configure the network
and TFTP to transfer the image to the system's RAM.
Access to U-Boot's shell is disabled to prevent side-loading of
malicious firmware. To configure the active boot partition, refer to
malicious software. To configure the active boot partition, refer to
the [Bootloader Interface](#bootloader-interface) section.
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ Interface](#bootloader-interface).
System Upgrade
==============
Much of the minutiae of firmware upgrades is delegated to [RAUC][],
Much of the minutiae of software upgrades is delegated to [RAUC][],
which offers lots of benefits out-of-the-box:
- Upgrade Bundles are always signed, such that their authenticity can
be verified by the running firmware, before the new one is
be verified by the running operating system, before the new one is
installed.
- The bureaucracy of interfacing with different bootloaders, manage