Re: Explaining what is the LIC

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Explain it with diagrams showing the layers.

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Erik Dabrowsky <
erik.dabrowsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think it's probably similar in function to the HAL in windows (Hardware
> Abstraction Layer).
>
> Of course now you have the same problem - how do you explain the HAL to
> non-geeky types?
>
> Probably easiest to just say "low level system code".
>
> Erik Dabrowsky
>
>
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> The Licensed Internal Code goes between the hardware and the OS, right?
> The purpose being to insulate the OS from the hardware, right?
>
> If I were going to try to explain to some non-geeky type what the LIC is,
> how would I describe it?
>
> Firmware?
>
> "all encompassing device driver?"
>
> Neither of those quite get it, I don't think.  And I don't think there's an
> equivalent "thing" in the Windows world that might help with understanding.
>
> Thanks.
>
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