ARM board without blobs
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Hi
Yesteday I found the hikey board. I didn't dig much, but seems that the graphic driver is avaliable under the gpl.
They also published the kernel source tree used, but I didn't check it for blobs.
After reading the getting started guide, this board seems like a very promising (if not already fully-fsf-compliant) device.
/santi
Proprietary graphics drivers usually have a free part in the kernel,
this one has too. limedriver.org aims to replace the nonfree userspace
part.
Check if you can find sources for files listed at
https://github.com/96boards/documentation/wiki/HiKeyGettingStarted.
Usually, these graphics drivers have a GPL-licensed "shim" to comply with the kernel's license, and a nonfree blob is where most of the action takes place. (And this leads to the misconception that the driver is actually free) Unfortunately, the Lima driver seems to be vaporware (no news in almost 2 years)
EDIT: also see http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTY3OTM
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