does it make the raspberry pi 3 a free software computer?
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https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware
The software does not make the raspberry pi 3 a free software computer?
Fx the boot loader is still non free?
Thank you for posting this! I remember a while ago seeing something about broadcom releasing the source for a videocore chipset similar to that used in the Pi. The suggestion from the Pi devs being that it might be possible to get the Pi booting with only free software. Nice to see some progress.
I don't really understand all the technical details in the readme, but it seems to imply one binary blob is still needed involving UART?
"does it make the raspberry pi 3 a free software computer?"
No, because the firmware is incomplete. It's not even able to boot the kernel yet. Perhaps in time, if things are sufficiently developed later on... we'll see. But for now? No, nothing has changed.
BEAGLEBONE black is freer than raspberry?
Yes, that's why MINIX developers (an Operating System for thouse who don't know) where able to port MINIX 3 to ARM using the beaglebone. Actually they first tried with raspberry but it was more complex and harder because of the blobs and less documentation the rasberry has.
This is an example of how more open hardware helps innovation.
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