Am 19.02.2014 um 23:22 schrieb Andres:
> http://neo900.org/
>
> Hi, their web page claims it will support replicant and they mention wifi
> cards that have free drivers.
>
> But I don't have the know to question this. I had a look through replicant
> mailing lists and can't find a mention.
>
> The way I understand it you can either buy the new phone if it comes out or
> buy some spare parts (again if they manage it) and retro fit them in your
> n900.
1. The Neo900 is using spare parts from the existing N900
2. there will be the offer to either upgrade a N900 that you already have or to
get one upgraded by the Neo900 project
3. the WiFi chip is not finally decided but in favor is some Texas Instruments
TiWi module. A free driver exists.
4. but as usual with almost all modern WiFi chips they need a binary BLOB to be
installed on the chip by the free driver.
5. this can not be provided by Replicant - but it is at the user's decision to
install it if he accepts to use WiFi with this single non-free BLOB or not to
use WFi at all.
6. The Neo900 will be based on the GTA04 design and the currently most recent
version in development is Replicant 4.2. It needs some more fixes but starts to
look good.
7. So at the time the Neo900 is planned to be finished, a Replicant 4.2 will be
available or very easy to be adapted
Hope this helps,
Nikolaus
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