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> You can't even boot the raspberry pi without running closed software. I thought that this was no longer necessary[1], but after searching around I'm not sure
by bradyd 12y ago
> You can't even boot the raspberry pi without running closed software.
I thought that this was no longer necessary[1], but after searching around I'm not sure if this means it is possible to boot without the blob. Does anyone know if this is the case?
[1] http://www.raspberrypi.org/a-birthday-present-from-broadcom/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/a-birthday-present-from-broadcom/
- GauntletWizard 12y agoThe blob has been open sourced, their followup post describes the steps to build it from scratch: http://www.raspberrypi.org/quake-iii-bounty-we-have-a-winner/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/quake-iii-bounty-we-have-a-winner...
- rasz_pl 12y agono, 3d driver part of the blob is semi open blob is still closed source black box of secret sauce (video encoders/decoders, IO ports, bootstrapping)