On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 03:35:13PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > +Modern devices contain extensive amounts of FW, and in many cases, are largely > > +software-defined pieces of hardware. The evolution of this approach is largely a > > +reaction to Moore's Law where a chip tape out is now highly expensive, and the > > +chip design is extremely large. Replacing fixed HW logic with a flexible and > > +tightly coupled FW/HW combination is an effective risk mitigation against chip > > +respin. Problems in the HW design can be counteracted in device FW. This is > > +especially true for devices which present a stable and backwards compatible > > +interface to the operating system driver (such as NVMe). > > + > > +The FW layer in devices has grown to incredible sizes and devices frequently > incredible size > (tricky to get the plurals right in this sentence, but currently its a mixture) Okay I trust your english! Thanks, Jason
