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-compliant 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.
Arm SystemReady band compliant systems must conform to the following:
- Arm Base System Architecture (BSA) Specification
- Arm Server Base System Architecture (SBSA) Supplement Specification
- SBBR recipe of the Arm Base Boot Requirements (BBR) Specification
- Arm Server Base Manageability Requirements (SBMR) Specification
Arm SystemReady band compliance and testing requirements are specified in the Arm SystemReady Requirements Specification (SRS).