I'm looking to build a 100% free desktop computer / home server to the BIOS level; details can be found at <http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1f43bb/>.
I'm pretty much sure of all the other parts in my build, but to go for coreboot compatibility, I'm (essentially) forced to use the Asus F2A85-M mobo (as it's the only moderately recent mobo that's both supported and available for purchase). The only CPUs compatible with that motherboard are listed below: CPU Speed Cores TDP AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz 4 465W AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz 4 100W AMD A4-5300 3.4GHz 2 65W AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz 2 65W AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz 4 65W AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz 4 100W It's pretty clear to me that the A10-5800K is the best of that bunch, so that's probably what I'll be buying. Anyways, each of these CPUs comes with an AGPU (AKA APU), which is sort of what it sounds like: A CPU with a GPU. What I'm wondering is how these AGPUs will be supported by free software. What is the freedom status of these AGPUs? Can I get 3D acceleration in Debian using both DFSG-free drivers *and* firmware using these GPUs? I don't care whether or not they are supported in linux-firmware-nonfree; I want this to work using 100% free software. I've heard that "Trinity APUs are fully supported in Linux 3.4 and later", but I'm not really sure to what extent they are supported and whether or not they depend on nonfree components. I would have no problem backporting the kernel to stable if that was required for this to work. Thanks a lot for any responses. -- Harry Prevor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130608190910.271ad...@janice.home