On 31.08.2015 23:10, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:08:14 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am deeply concerned about the news: it seems that Intel upcoming >> Skylake CPUs will require a non-free binary-only firmware blob in order >> for the integrated graphics to operate [1]. >> >> As far as I can tell, Intel graphics is currently the only option for a >> completely DFSG-free graphics stack (DFSG-free Intel drivers, without >> any required non-free firmware to be loaded). Intel's move looks like a >> major regression for the Free Software community. >> >> Is having Keith Packard away from Intel [2] *so* bad for us all? >> ("Intel not employing Keith Packard considered harmful"?) >> >> >> What can be done, before it's too late? >> >> >> [1] >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SKL-BXT-Firmware-Blobs >> [2] http://keithp.com/blogs/Back_to_HP/ >> >> >> P.S.: Please Cc me on replies, as I am not subscribed to debian-x. >> Thanks! > > Other news about the Skylake non-free firmware blobs: > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNU-Linux-Libre-4.2 > > Am I the only one to be concerned about this? > > Is anyone in contact with Intel decision makers, trying to persuade > them to release the firmware with source under DFSG-free terms? > > Is there anything else that can be done?
Just ignore it, SKL works fine without the firmware, you just miss some features and gain log spam in return. -- t