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Submitted by tonlee on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 16:49

raspberry pi 4 free software compatible?

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Tue, 06/25/2019 - 16:49
tonlee
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/

rp 4 cannot boot without non free software?
Vpu software is non free software?
Gpu software is non free software?
What else reuqires non free software?

Do we know if the non free parts of
software can get reverse
engineered?

Thanks.

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Tue, 06/25/2019 - 21:34
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zigote
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Unfortunately it is also vulnerable to Spectre (Cortex-A72) as noticed by someone else too:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/#comment-1510217

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Wed, 06/26/2019 - 09:03
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At least the WLAN card form Broadcom requires non-free firmware. You may need to use an ath9k-htc USB WLAN adapter.

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