BIOS is both the generic term for firmware, and the specific term for the old boot interface which was a BIOS. CP/M and many other machines / systems used that. It was only after UEFI came out that the confusion was noticed, too late to do anything about.

Not saying it isn't a good idea to do this, just that EFI BIOS isn't contradictory. But since it's likely confusing to our readers, I'll take a close look.

In D56329#1288856, @imp wrote:

BIOS is both the generic term for firmware, and the specific term for the old boot interface which was a BIOS. CP/M and many other machines / systems used that. It was only after UEFI came out that the confusion was noticed, too late to do anything about.

Not saying it isn't a good idea to do this, just that EFI BIOS isn't contradictory. But since it's likely confusing to our readers, I'll take a close look.

Thank you, appreciated. From my layman's understanding UEFI is quite complex (see edk2 size) compared to Basic I/O system, and of course both are firmwares.

In D56329#1288884, @michaelo wrote:

In D56329#1288856, @imp wrote:

BIOS is both the generic term for firmware, and the specific term for the old boot interface which was a BIOS. CP/M and many other machines / systems used that. It was only after UEFI came out that the confusion was noticed, too late to do anything about.

Not saying it isn't a good idea to do this, just that EFI BIOS isn't contradictory. But since it's likely confusing to our readers, I'll take a close look.

Thank you, appreciated. From my layman's understanding UEFI is quite complex (see edk2 size) compared to Basic I/O system, and of course both are firmwares.

Yea, I think this is likely a good change, because it's become confusing to many people and your suggestions eliminate that ambiguity...

In D56329#1288927, @imp wrote:

I thought I had some quibbles with the details here, but thinking about it, these all look good. Go ahead and commit.

Thank you, no objections to MFC it after three days?

MFC After: 3 days

is fine.