A Linux-based tool for hardware bring up, Linux development, and manufacturing

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-329

  Venton, Todd ^a   Miller, Milton ^a   Kalla, Ron ^a   Blanchard, Anton ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FIRMWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BARE METAL LINUX (BML); NON UNIFORM MEMORY ACCESS; PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI);

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 20444427926     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.442.0319     Document Type: Article

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