11-07-2019, 01:14 PM
(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 choicesNo 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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Quote:tsysWhere does this blob come from, can you share a link to it? Interested in the license.
I've just taken a look at the displayport source for the analogix dp transmitter and it does indeed require firmware.
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