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edweis ◴[] No.45896938[source]
It is the first time I see a specification 3881 pages long!
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1. chithanh ◴[] No.45897809[source]
UEFI specification is also over 2300 pages long now. For comparison, Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) was 268 pages.
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2. surajrmal ◴[] No.45898085[source]
Things are far more complicated these days vs the 90s. These specifications still seem to lack important details which you notice if you try implementing the spec.