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What are generic names in Open Firmware?

Q: What are generic names in Open Firmware?

A: Generic names are part of the Open Firmware Recommended Practices. For a list of these names see: http://playground.sun.com/1275/practice/#gnames. The Standard provides for these generic names to replace implementation specific names with human-readable names. For instance, the name of the PCI bridge controller on the 9500 is "bandit." The generic name for this type of controller is now "PCI."

[Feb 15 1999]

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