They're using "freestanding" as in "-ffreestanding" [0]. "C built to compile with freestanding mode", rather than "C built to run bare metal". [0] https://gcc

They're using "freestanding" as in "-ffreestanding" [0]. "C built to compile with freestanding mode", rather than "C built to run bare metal". [0] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#index-ffreestanding-1 https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#in...