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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC
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Riley Baird (Orthogonal) |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:36:22 +1000 |
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On 29/05/14 00:52, Michał Masłowski wrote:
> I believe the u-boot source downloaded by LibreCMC (and LibreWRT)
> contains sourceless firmware blobs that we should remove. They are
> not used by any supported device.
>
> At least these paths inside u-boot-2013.10 might contain nonfree
> code:
>
> - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/upatch.c: contains microcode patches -
> various files with "fpgadata" in the names: hexadecimal arrays of
> code uploaded to FPGAs - board/netta/dsp.c: bootstrap_rbin -
> drivers/dma/MCD_tasks.c: "task code and structures", the code is
> hexadecimal
>
> It should be easy to adapt Linux-libre's scripts to remove them.
>
Interesting. Have you found any more blobs? If u-boot were compiled
using a tarball with the blobs included, would the device be running
nonfree code?
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC,
Riley Baird (Orthogonal) <=