Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?

[Jaromil]

re all

On Tue, 06 Mar 2012, Michał Masłowski wrote:

> >> I personally need a libre WRT for the distribution of free software
> >> I'm writing and made to run on *WRT like platforms. Actually, I hope
> >> libreWRT will also support the raspberry pi somehow, once that hits
> >> our desks...
> >
> > I'm told the pi relies on proprietary software for several things, but
> > I've not taken the time to research it properly.
> > If anyone has good pointers I'd be interested in seeing them.
> 
> http://elinux.org/RPi_Software supports this, although the cited links
> are broken:
> 
>   The boards do not include NAND or NOR storage - everything is on the
>   SD card, which has a FAT32 partition with GPU firmware and a kernel
>   image, and an EXT2 partition with the rootfs.
> 
>   We're not currently using a bootloader - we actually boot via the GPU,
>   which contains a proprietary RISC core (wacky architecture). The GPU
>   mounts the SD card, loads GPU firmware and brings up display/video/3d,
>   loads a kernel image, resets the SD card host and starts the ARM.
> 
>   [...]
> 
>   The GPU blob is an 18MB elf file, including libraries. It does an
>   awful lot.


Considering the above, I'm quite disgusted at how the vast majority of
free and open source community enthusiasts are praising the raspberry.

now back looking for a truly free and open source alternative, I found
a link to the Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex A8 SoC

http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10

anyone here knows about it? is there some terrible situation like with
the raspberry? from the link above it looks like all sources are
accessible to this, anyone had a closer check?

ciao



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