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Are the chip docs open? Does linux need binary blobs on this board?

• ah- 13y ago
  Typically the worst blob are the GPU drivers, and it seems to work with the normal open source i915 driver, which is pretty much as good as it gets.
• voltagex_ 13y ago
  Sorry, I missed that this had got quite a lot of attention! http://uefidk.intel.com/content/minnowboard-uefi-firmware-eula http://uefidk.intel.com/content/minnowboard-uefi-firmware-eu... says >The MinnowBoard EDKII Firmware kit is not available as a full open source release (BSD license). The CPU and chipset initialization code is currently provided as a binary module. The binary module is incorporated into the final firmware image as part of the build process. So graphics & motherboard seem to be open, bootloader is open-ish.
• vonmoltke 13y ago
  As far as my EE-addled brain is concerned, there are 5100 pages of deliciousness: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/atom-e3800-family-datasheet.pdf http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/...
• Torgo 13y ago
  Apparently the UEFI implementation it requires to boot is not open source :-(
  • mark-r 13y ago
    Any way to replace it with a BIOS, e.g. Coreboot?