From 748996dad8023a15ea249bc05dba228a975890f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Wiberg Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:32:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Replace firmware with Linux OS, operating system, or software We should avoid the use of the ambigous word 'firmware'. [skip ci] Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg --- board/common/Config.in | 2 +- doc/boot.md | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/board/common/Config.in b/board/common/Config.in index 0eee51b8..2bad3d29 100644 --- a/board/common/Config.in +++ b/board/common/Config.in @@ -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: diff --git a/doc/boot.md b/doc/boot.md index 48688274..a5d50a32 100644 --- a/doc/boot.md +++ b/doc/boot.md @@ -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