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They leave the place for alternative layout (i.e. Russian) on the tiny keys, nice! Other than that, can anyone explain why RMS favors MIPS-based Loongson CPU a
by listic 17y ago
They leave the place for alternative layout (i.e. Russian) on the tiny keys, nice!
Other than that, can anyone explain why RMS favors MIPS-based Loongson CPU and these guys - MIPS based Ingenic XBurst ? How are these CPUs any more open than any other (i.e Intel, or any ARM core)
- mstevens 17y agoAs far as I know, RMS doesn't care, it's just that by commercial accident, systems that are particularly open in other ways have tended to be MIPS based.
- oddgodd 17y agoMy understanding is that he objects to the non-free status of the firmware present on other devices.
- joezydeco 16y agoAlso I call bullshit on Ingenic XBurst. Ingenic won't release any public documentation on what these extra opcodes are or what they do.