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I believe that argument is based on the same FUD that I addressed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29290087 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2929
by mbakke 5y ago
I believe that argument is based on the same FUD that I addressed here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29290087 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29290087
...at least, I don't see any such code in the actual deblobbing script: https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/5.15.3-gnu/deblob-5.15 https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/5.15....
edit: since you called linux-libre a "fork", I feel compelled to point out that Linux-Libre is just the vanilla Linux kernel with that script applied. No more, no less.
- seoaeu 5y agoI'm sorry, but this (and a bunch of other similar blocks) seem pretty intentional... # Do no recommend non-Free microcode update. announce X86_LOCAL_APIC - Undocumented clean_blob arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c clean_kconfig arch/x86/Kconfig X86_LOCAL_APIC clean_mk CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
- pxc 5y agoIf the kernel can't load it without code changes and recompilation, due to the de-blobbing process, it doesn't make much sense to recommend to users that they load it.