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The V46 FFS natively supports the APIs for TD_64, NSD, and/or the classic 32-bit TD_ storage-calls. This lets the Amiga OS v3.x use and boot from large media (>4GB) natively, and support >2GB partition sizes. In July 2019, an additional file-based update to FFS was contained in the 3.1.4.1 update. [12]
Hummingbird Ltd. (previously NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM) is a subsidiary of OpenText and is a provider of enterprise software products including Exceed. Initially founded as a consulting business in 1984, Hummingbird moved into the connectivity market.
An over-the-air update (or OTA update), also known as over-the-air programming (or OTA programming), [1] is an update to an embedded system that is delivered through a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi or a cellular network. [2] [3] [4] These embedded systems include mobile phones, tablets, set-top boxes, cars and telecommunications equipment.
Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded device types to provide new features or to unlock hidden functionality.
Firmware hacks usually take advantage of the firmware update facility on many devices to install or run themselves. Some, however, must resort to exploits to run, because the manufacturer has attempted to lock the hardware to stop it from running unlicensed code. Most firmware hacks are free software.
The earliest flash file system, managing an array of flash as a freely writable disk, was TrueFFS by M-Systems of Israel, presented as a software product in PC-Card Expo at Santa Clara, California, in July 1992 and patented in 1993. [4] One of the earliest flash file systems was Microsoft's FFS2, for use with MS-DOS, released in autumn 1992. [5]
The Software Upgrade Protocol (or SUP) System is a set of programs developed by Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980s [1] (as was the Andrew File System).It provides for collections of files to be maintained in identical versions across a number of machines.
Open Firmware is a standard defining the interfaces of a computer firmware system, formerly endorsed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It originated at Sun Microsystems where it was known as OpenBoot , and has been used by multiple vendors including Sun , Apple , [ 1 ] IBM and ARM .