Binary blobs in the PinePhone

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I'm trying to figure out what binary blobs exist in the PinePhone.

The Allwinner A64 has many GPL violations:

Kernel:

• lichee/linux-3.10/modules/aw_schw/libschw
  
• lichee/linux-3.10/modules/nand/sun50iw1p1/libnand_sun50iw1p1
  
• lichee/linux-3.10/drivers/input/touchscreen/aw5x06/libAW5306
  
• lichee/linux-3.10/drivers/video/sunxi/disp2/hdmi/libhdmi_sun50iw1
  
• lichee/linux-3.10/drivers/media/platform/sunxi-vfe/lib/lib{isp,mipicsi2_v1,mipicsi2_v2}
  

U-Boot:
(Only u-boot-2014.07 is checked here)

• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/wine/dram/libdram-homlet
  
• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/wine/dram/libdram-pad
  
• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sun50iw1p1/dram/libchipid
  
• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sun50iw1p1/dram/libdram
  
• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/drivers/video/sunxi/disp2/hdmi/libhdmi_sun50iw1
  
• lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07/nand_sunxi/sun50iw1p1/libnand-sun50iw1p1
  

Allwinner is using binary blobs for the Flash memory, HDMI, DRAM, MIPI CSI interface and touchscreen. The question is whether all of these binary blobs have been removed in mainline Linux. Does anyone have links to the files so I can check?

The Realtek RTL8723CS Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip requires proprietary firmware in the /lib/firmware directory.

Are there any other components that require binary blobs?

The PinePhone developers work on mainlinux and don't use Allwinner BSP SDK which you have posted. I believed the mainline code is GPL compliance and there is no binary blobs. For more info, please explore on Linux-Sunix (https://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page). I sincerely appreciates, solutes, and thanks on Linux Sunxi developers contribution, the PinePhone can happens due to their effort.