Docs/acronyms.md: Fix build warnings & update some links
- Change all links to wikipedia to https. - Update some links to wikipedia that were incomplete. - Update a few links that are now broken. Signed-off-by: Martin Roth <gaumless@gmail.com> Change-Id: If780e15997c499d1df975b436fd9af530f324eba Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/77488 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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			| @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * ACPI - The [**Advanced Configuration and Power | ||||
|   Interface**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface) | ||||
|   is an industry standard for letting the OS control power management. | ||||
|   * [http://www.acpi.info/](http://www.acpi.info/) | ||||
|   * [https://uefi.org/specifications](https://uefi.org/specifications) | ||||
|   * [http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/88243.html](http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/88243.html) | ||||
| * ADC - [**Analog-to-Digital Converter**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter) | ||||
| * ADL - Intel: [**Alder Lake**](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/alder_lake) | ||||
| @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * AESKL - Intel: AES Key Locker | ||||
| * AGESA - [**AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGESA_) | ||||
| * AGP - The [**Accelerated Graphics | ||||
|   Port**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port) is an | ||||
|   Port**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port) is an | ||||
|   older (1997-2004) point-to-point bus for video cards to communicate | ||||
|   with the processor. | ||||
| * AHCI - The [**Advanced Host Controller | ||||
|   Interface**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface) | ||||
|   Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface) | ||||
|   is a standard register set for communicating with a SATA controller. | ||||
|   * [http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/ahci.htm](http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/ahci.htm) | ||||
|   * [http://download.intel.com/technology/serialata/pdf/rev1_3.pdf](http://download.intel.com/technology/serialata/pdf/rev1_3.pdf) | ||||
| @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * AMPL - AMD: [**Advanced Platform Management Link**](https://web.archive.org/web/20220509053546/https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/419181.pdf) - Also referred to as | ||||
|   SBI: Sideband Interface | ||||
| * AMT - Intel: [**Active Management Technology**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology) | ||||
| * ANSI - [**American National Standards Institute**](American_National_Standards_Institute) | ||||
| * ANSI - [**American National Standards Institute**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute) | ||||
| * AOAC - AMD: Always On, Always Connected | ||||
| * AP - Application processor - The main processor on the board (as | ||||
|   opposed to the embedded controller or other processors that may be on | ||||
| @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * APCB - AMD: AMD PSP Customization Block | ||||
| * API - [**Application Programming Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API) | ||||
| * APIC - [**Advanced Programmable Interrupt | ||||
|   Controller**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Programmable_Interrupt_Controller) | ||||
|   Controller**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Programmable_Interrupt_Controller) | ||||
|   this is an advanced version of a PIC that can handle interrupts from | ||||
|   and for multiple CPUs. Modern systems usually have several APICs: | ||||
|   Local APICs (LAPIC) are CPU-bound, IO-APICs are bridge-bound. | ||||
| @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|  | ||||
| ## B | ||||
|  | ||||
| * BAR - [**Base Address Register**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Address_Register) This generally refers to one of the | ||||
| * BAR - [**Base Address Register**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Address_Register) This generally refers to one of the | ||||
|   base address registers in the PCI config space of a PCI device | ||||
| * Baud - [**Baud**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baud) - Not an acronym - Symbol rate unit of symbols per second, named | ||||
|   after Émile Baudot | ||||
| @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   the entire 4GiB of the 32-bit address space. Also known as flat mode | ||||
|   or [**Unreal mode**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_mode). | ||||
| * BIOS - [**Basic Input/Output | ||||
|   System**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS) | ||||
|   System**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS) | ||||
| * BIST - The [**Built-in Self Test**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built-in_self-test) is a test run by the processor on | ||||
|   itself when it is first started. Usually, any nonzero value indicates | ||||
|   that the selftest failed. | ||||
| @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   generally used to describe a section of NVRAM (Non-volatile RAM), in | ||||
|   this case a section battery-backed memory in the RTC (Real Time Clock) | ||||
|   that is typically used to store BIOS settings. | ||||
|   *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory) | ||||
|   *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory) | ||||
| * CNL - Intel: [**Cannon Lake**](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/cannon_lake) (formerly Skymont) | ||||
| * CNVi - Intel: [**Connectivity Integration**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi) | ||||
| * CPL - x86: Current Privilege Level - Privilege levels range from 0-3; lower numbers are more privileged. | ||||
| @@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * CPPC - AMD: Collaborative Processor Performance Controls | ||||
| * CPS - Characters Per Second | ||||
| * CPU - [**Central Processing | ||||
|   Unit**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit) | ||||
|   Unit**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit) | ||||
| * CPUID - x86: [**CPU Identification**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPUID) opcode | ||||
| * Cr50 - Google: The first generation Google Security Chip (GSC) used on | ||||
|   ChromeOS devices. | ||||
| * CRB - Customer Reference Board | ||||
| * CRLF - Carriage Return, Line Feed - \\r\\n - The standard window EOL | ||||
|   (End-of-Line) marker. | ||||
| * crt0 - [**C Run Time 0**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crt0) | ||||
| * crt0 - [**C Run Time 0**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crt0) | ||||
| * crt0s - crt0 Source code | ||||
| * CRT - [**Cathode Ray Tube**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube) | ||||
| * CSE - Intel: Converged Security Engine | ||||
| @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   still has power. | ||||
| * D3 Cold - ACPI Device power state: Power is completely removed from | ||||
|   the device. | ||||
| * DASH - [**Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware**](Desktop_and_mobile_Architecture_for_System_Hardware) | ||||
| * DASH - [**Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_and_mobile_Architecture_for_System_Hardware) | ||||
| * DB - DaughterBoard | ||||
| * DbC - USB: Debug Capability on the USB host controller | ||||
| * DC - Electricity: Direct Current | ||||
| @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * DIMM - [**Dual Inline Memory Module**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMM) | ||||
| * DIP - [**Dual inline package**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_in-line_package) | ||||
| * DMA - [**Direct Memory | ||||
|   Access**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_memory_access) Allows | ||||
|   Access**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_memory_access) Allows | ||||
|   certain hardware subsystems within a computer to access system memory | ||||
|   for reading and/or writing independently of the main CPU. Examples of | ||||
|   systems that use DMA: Hard Disk Controller, Disk Drive Controller, | ||||
| @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   computers, as it allows devices of different speeds to communicate | ||||
|   without subjecting the CPU to a massive interrupt load. | ||||
| * DMI - Direct Media Interface is a link/bus between CPU and PCH. | ||||
| * DMI - [**Desktop Management Interface**](Desktop_Management_Interface) | ||||
| * DMI - [**Desktop Management Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Management_Interface) | ||||
| * DMIC - Digital Microphone | ||||
| * DMTF - [**Distributed Management Task Force**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Management_Task_Force) | ||||
| * DMZ - Demilitarized Zone | ||||
| @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * FPDT - ACPI: Firmware Performance Data Table | ||||
| * FPGA - [**Field-Programmable Gate Array**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array) | ||||
| * Framebuffer - The | ||||
|   [**framebuffer**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framebuffer) is a part | ||||
|   [**framebuffer**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framebuffer) is a part | ||||
|   of RAM in a computer which is allocated to hold the graphics | ||||
|   information for one frame or picture. This information typically | ||||
|   consists of color values for every pixel on the screen. A framebuffer | ||||
| @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   resume quickly from S3 if the system stays powered, and resume from | ||||
|   the disk if power is lost. | ||||
| * Hypertransport - AMD: The | ||||
|   [**Hypertransport**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertransport) bus | ||||
|   [**Hypertransport**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertransport) bus | ||||
|   is an older (2001-2017) high-speed electrical interconnection protocol | ||||
|   specification between CPU, Memory, and (occasionally) peripheral | ||||
|   devices.  This was originally called the Lightning Data Transport | ||||
| @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * MKBP - Matrix Keyboard Protocol | ||||
| * MMC - [**MultiMedia | ||||
|   Card**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard) | ||||
| * MMIO - [**Memory Mapped I/O**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMIO) | ||||
| * MMIO - [**Memory Mapped I/O**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMIO) | ||||
|   allows peripherals' memory or registers to be accessed directly | ||||
|   through the memory bus.  When the memory bus size was very small, this | ||||
|   was initially done by hiding any memory at that address, effectively | ||||
| @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * MTS or MT/s - MegaTransfers per second | ||||
| * MTL - Intel: Meteor Lake | ||||
| * MTL - ARM: MHU Transport Layer | ||||
| * MTRR - [**Memory Type and Range Register**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTRR) | ||||
| * MTRR - [**Memory Type and Range Register**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTRR) | ||||
|   allows to set the cache behaviour on memory access in x86. Basically, | ||||
|   it tells the CPU how to cache certain ranges of memory | ||||
|   (e.g. write-through, write-combining, write-back...). Memory ranges | ||||
| @@ -731,17 +731,17 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * PCD - UEFI: Platform Configuration Database | ||||
| * PCH - Intel: [**Platform Controller Hub**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Controller_Hub) | ||||
| * PCI - [**Peripheral Control | ||||
|   Interconnect**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect) | ||||
|   Interconnect**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect) | ||||
|   - Replaced generally by PCIe (PCI Express) | ||||
| * PCI Configuration Space - The [**PCI Config | ||||
|   space**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Configuration_Space) is an | ||||
|   space**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Configuration_Space) is an | ||||
|   [address space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space) for all | ||||
|   PCI devices.  Originally, this address space was accessed through an | ||||
|   index/data pair by writing the address that you wanted to read/write | ||||
|   into the I/O address 0xCF8, then reading or writing I/O Address 0xCFC. | ||||
|   This has been updated to an MMIO method which increases each PCI | ||||
|   function's configuration space from 256 bytes to 4K. | ||||
| * PCIe - [**PCI Express**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci_express) | ||||
| * PCIe - [**PCI Express**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci_express) | ||||
| * PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association | ||||
| * PCO - AMD: [**Picasso**](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/picasso) | ||||
| * PCR: TPM: Platform Configuration Register | ||||
| @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * PEP - Intel: Power Engine Plug-in | ||||
| * PEXVDD - Nvidia Power: PCIExpress Voltage | ||||
| * PHX - AMD: Phoenix SoC | ||||
| * PHY - [**PHYsical layer**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHY) - The | ||||
| * PHY - [**PHYsical layer**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHY) - The | ||||
|   hardware that implements the send/receive functionality of a | ||||
|   communication protocol. | ||||
| * PI - Platform Initialization | ||||
| @@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * PIT - Generally refers to the 8253/8254 [**Programmable Interval | ||||
|   Timer**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_interval_timer). | ||||
| * PLCC - [**Plastic leaded chip | ||||
|   carrier**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_leaded_chip_carrier) | ||||
|   carrier**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_leaded_chip_carrier) | ||||
| * PLL - [**Phase-Locked | ||||
|   Loop**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-locked_loop) | ||||
| * PM - Platform Management | ||||
| @@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
|   Segment:Offset index pair.  In 2022, this is still the mode that | ||||
|   x86-64 processors are in at the reset vector! | ||||
| * RDMA - [**Remote Direct Memory | ||||
|   Access**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Direct_Memory_Access) is | ||||
|   Access**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Direct_Memory_Access) is | ||||
|   a concept whereby two or more computers communicate via DMA directly | ||||
|   from main memory of one system to the main memory of another. | ||||
| * RFC - Request for Comment | ||||
| @@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ Spec](https://uefi.org/specifications) for details, or run the tool | ||||
| * SO-DIMM: Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module | ||||
| * SoC - System on a Chip | ||||
| * SOIC - [**Small-Outline Integrated | ||||
|   Circuit**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-outline_integrated_circuit) | ||||
|   Circuit**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-outline_integrated_circuit) | ||||
| * SPD - [**Serial Presence | ||||
|   Detect**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_presence_detect) | ||||
| * SPI - [**Serial Peripheral | ||||
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