3 ms·
The publically available SDKs contain kernel and u-boot trees which include and depend on several binaries. Allwinner is always violating the GPL in thi
by rawland 10y ago
The publically available SDKs contain kernel and u-boot trees
which include and depend on several binaries. Allwinner is always
violating the GPL in this way since A31. In the current A64 SDK,
lots of blobs are included in kernel and U-Boot, including the
critical DRAM code and the important HDMI code.
Source: https://linux-sunxi.org/A64 https://linux-sunxi.org/A64
- gravypod 10y agoI wonder what would happen if a lot of people got these machines and someone threw up a bounty to rewrite these firmware blobs. First person to replace and mainline them gets the bounty. I hope this happens.
- BuuQu9hu 10y agoI think we need a reverse engineering and code mainlining organisation that has lots of people donating monthly, with priorities set by the donors, one vote per donor. Linaro could have been useful but just ended up being beholden to their sponsors.
- gravypod 10y agoI'm a college student but I'd still donate a buck a month to that. Also having a group who makes datasheets for chips would be nice. Tackle each of the cheapest/"Best" chipsets and get perfect support so that more machines like these can be built.