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I could not find anywhere what binary dependencies this has, and I would be very curious about that since it is advertising "Open SOurce Software". Looking at
by kop316 10y ago
I could not find anywhere what binary dependencies this has, and I would be very curious about that since it is advertising "Open SOurce Software".
Looking at the specs, it looks like the SoC is an Allwinner A64. Looking up how open source friendly the A64 is lead me to this:
http://linux-sunxi.org/A64 http://linux-sunxi.org/A64
From there:
"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. "
Does anyone know how true that is?
- jononor 10y agoThe offical SDKs from manufacturers basically always contains blobs and forks - then the community fixes it over time. But A64 is still heavily work-in-progress, it seems: http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort#Status_Matrix http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort#Status_Matrix
- gravypod 10y agoThis might shed some light on the software side of things: https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP/tree/master/SOFTWARE/A64-TERES https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP/tree/master/SOFTWARE/A6...
- cryptarch 10y agoIt's still full of blobs, so a no-buy I guess. I'm really excited for the first laptop to ship without blobs. These... I can run a system full of blobs already, I just have to buy any laptop on NewEgg or whatever and put Linux on it.