Generic Operating System Interoperability
Arm SystemReady band is part of the Arm SystemReady Compliance Program. It helps ensure operating system interoperability for advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) environments where generic operating systems (OS) can be installed on either new or old hardware without modification. Old OSs can run on new hardware, and new OSs can run on old hardware, without customization.
Arm SystemReady band-complaint hardware helps reduce the cost of supporting multiple versions of operating systems through seamless interoperability with standard operating systems, hypervisors, and software.
Arm SystemReady band is relevant for systems using Windows, Linux, VMware, and BSD environments.
SystemReady SR-compliant systems must conform to the following:
- Base System Architecture (BSA) specification
- Server Base System Architecture (SBSA) supplement specification
- SBBR recipe of the Arm Base Boot Requirements (BBR) Specification
Arm SystemReady band compliance and testing requirements are specified in the Arm SystemReady Requirements Specification (SRS).
Test Lab Facilities
We are using independent laboratories to expand the testing facilities for the SystemReady program. These laboratories currently consist of the following:
