Is it common to do something like this against a person? -------- Original Message -------- From: Bill Kontos <vkontog...@gmail.com> Apparently from: arm-netbook-boun...@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Linux on small ARM machines <arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 12:14:50 +0300
> Verhaegen is one of those selected individuals who had the luxury of getting > all the shit of the world thrown at their face for trying to do the right > thing. He was one of the leaders in pushing amd into mainlining gpu drivers( > which they have been successful to and keep working on) and got shit for > that. He attempted to reverse engineer the arm mali drivers( look up lima > driver) and he succeeded to some extend, then he run out of money becaue > nobody was willing to help him and arm has put significant effort into > destroying his life. The nda a company has to sign for getting the mali > drivers requires 0 interaction with his work, therefor no company can hire > him now. > > On May 8, 2017 8:02 AM, <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a week. > > > > On Thu, 4 May 2017 17:13:23 +0200 > > "mike.v...@gmail.com" <mike.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 2017-05-04 9:04 GMT+02:00 John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > Since it seems like a trivially simple task that for some reason no > > > > one has taken up, I would like to take the opportunity to exercise a > > > > learning experience and simultaneously benefit the community, by > > > > liberating PocketCHIP by deblobbing the source and re-compiling. > > > > > > > > > > The PocketCHIP is powered by their SoM: > > > http://linux-sunxi.org/NextThingCo_CHIP > > > > > > That is apparently a Allwinner R8 pared with an external rtl8723bs > > > Wifi/BT chip. > > > > > > The R8 is a rebranded A13. > > What? I own one of those and I'm almost certain that the CPU is an A7. > > Let's boot the PocketCHIP up... > > The processor is detected as an A7. > > I'll attach the output, it would probably be interesting to see all of > > it... > > Done, it's compressed bzip2 since it's ~300KiB decompressed which is large > > for an email. > > > > <aside> > > I'm not too clever with gpg yet, so please tell me if the compressed file > > is also signed (I wanted to do that so that you could be certain that it > > was not infected en-route like happens to MS .cab files far to > > frequently (even though I don't have my key signed by anyone yet > > \me grumble grumble)). > > </aside> > > > > Unless your saying that the WiFi has a built in ARM R8 (Why)? which would > > really surprise me considering how large the processor chip is compared > > with the WiFi chip. > > > > > > > If you look at > > > https://getchip.com/pages/chip > > > > > > You'll see: > > > On the left image the RAM (Hynix) and Wifi+BT (Realtek) and Power module > > > (Allwinner AXP209) > > > On the right the SoC (R8/A13) and NAND (Samsung) > > > > > > The A13 does not need blob's to run anymore, the WiFi+BT chip does. > > > AFAIKT > > > > > > Display output needs some checking in Linux and U-boot mainline. But > > > most should be available or somewhat easily hacked in. > > > > > > GPU needs a BLOB which does not work on mainline AFAIKT. Luc Verhaegen > > > did get quite far before he burned out. > > <snip> > > > > You're not giving us enough details. Who is Verhaegen? What did he burn > > out on? > > When I first considered purchasing a PocketCHiP I read about the GPU > > not having 3D capabilities because of a binary blob. So, the CHIP folks > > hired (I think it was an extended goal of the kickstarter campaign), a > > kernel dev to add support to the Linux kernel for the GPU. I was going to > > mention this on this list before, but it's been so active... > > > > Sincerely, > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
