raspberry pi 4 free software compatible?

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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.

zigote
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Joined: 03/04/2019

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

nadebula.1984
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Joined: 05/01/2018

At least the WLAN card form Broadcom requires non-free firmware. You may need to use an ath9k-htc USB WLAN adapter.