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Good point. That page says the BSP ships with a GCC-produced driver blob, without source. Would be good to hear from the Pine64 folks on whether they've contact
by the_biot 5y ago
Good point. That page says the BSP ships with a GCC-produced driver blob, without source. Would be good to hear from the Pine64 folks on whether they've contacted the vendor and demanded source.
- rbanffy 5y agoMaybe asking politely and offering help would work better. It’s entirely possible the blob was never cleared for release as source. In the distant past I was hired to provide programs in binary form and many clients refused to pay more for source.
- CameronNemo 5y agoOr, you can just avoid vendors who make you beg for open source drivers.
- rbanffy 5y agoHow many competitive ARM SoC vendors that have good software higiene out there?
- CameronNemo 5y agoWho says I have to buy an ARM SoC. I can always just check out and keep using second hand devices. Or something from Intel, if I need more power. And to answer your question, two come to mind, NXP and Amlogic.
- rbanffy 5y agoAre we still talking about Pine64? As for blobs without source, the same happens with x86 all the time. If you really want a fully deblobbed computer, you can try one of the POWER boxes from Raptor.