A true mainline Linux Kernel for the Pinebook Pro
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(11-07-2019, 12:07 PM)aleksei Wrote:
(11-07-2019, 02:34 AM)tsys Wrote: The Pinebook Pro is pretty much as blob-free as it gets. But at the moment there are hardly better choices
No it's not, and yes there are. Not sure if it would be appropriate to give a shout out to them here (pine64-specific forum), so I better not.

There are? All I know of do contain firmware in some chips. You just can't /do not need to upload it into the chip yourself. While this might solve some licensing issues it does not do anything regarding truly free devices.

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I've just taken a look at the displayport source for the analogix dp transmitter and it does indeed require firmware.
Where does this blob come from, can you share a link to it? Interested in the license.

License seems to be this one https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ker...E.rockchip

Blob is this one https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ker...p/dptx.bin


Messages In This Thread
RE: A true mainline Linux Kernel for the Pinebook Pro - by tsys - 11-07-2019, 01:14 PM
5.12 - by kalpazanius - 04-26-2021, 04:38 PM
RE: 5.12 - by ramsey - 06-19-2021, 05:36 PM
RE: 5.12 - by linuxad - 06-20-2021, 09:26 AM

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