a computing system comprises logical and physical layers . in the configuration of this system , operating specific device drivers are decoupled from the installer applications and are instead functionally positioned in the lower logical layer . in this new configuration , the operating system would communicate directly with the basic input / output system . the bios would have the drivers to communicate directly with the hardware components in the computer . this new configuration would eliminate one major step in building a computer . in addition , without this step , the construction of the computer would be faster .