Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
re all On Tue, 06 Mar 2012, Michał Masłowski wrote: I personally need a libre WRT for the distribution of free software I'm writing and made to run on *WRT like platforms. Actually, I hope libreWRT will also support the raspberry pi somehow, once that hits our desks... I'm told the pi relies on proprietary software for several things, but I've not taken the time to research it properly. If anyone has good pointers I'd be interested in seeing them. http://elinux.org/RPi_Software supports this, although the cited links are broken: The boards do not include NAND or NOR storage - everything is on the SD card, which has a FAT32 partition with GPU firmware and a kernel image, and an EXT2 partition with the rootfs. We're not currently using a bootloader - we actually boot via the GPU, which contains a proprietary RISC core (wacky architecture). The GPU mounts the SD card, loads GPU firmware and brings up display/video/3d, loads a kernel image, resets the SD card host and starts the ARM. [...] The GPU blob is an 18MB elf file, including libraries. It does an awful lot. Considering the above, I'm quite disgusted at how the vast majority of free and open source community enthusiasts are praising the raspberry. now back looking for a truly free and open source alternative, I found a link to the Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex A8 SoC http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10 anyone here knows about it? is there some terrible situation like with the raspberry? from the link above it looks like all sources are accessible to this, anyone had a closer check? ciao -- jaromil, dyne.org developer, http://jaromil.dyne.org GPG: B2D9 9376 BFB2 60B7 601F 5B62 F6D3 FBD9 C2B6 8E39 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:58:42 +0100 Jaromil jaro...@dyne.org wrote: On Tue, 06 Mar 2012, Michał Masłowski wrote: We're not currently using a bootloader - we actually boot via the GPU, which contains a proprietary RISC core (wacky architecture). The GPU mounts the SD card, loads GPU firmware and brings up display/video/3d, loads a kernel image, resets the SD card host and starts the ARM. [...] The GPU blob is an 18MB elf file, including libraries. It does an awful lot. Thanks for the detailed response :) facepalm :^( Well said :( thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group *** I've changed GPG key to 6C097260 *** signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
Ineiev asked: Is it self-hosting? I'm not sure that the self-hosting requirement makes sense in this case because emedded devices typically do not have the resources to compile their own software. It's usually done on a more capable system and then copied to the device afterward. In the case of LibreWRT, everything can be built using only free software. I start with Trisquel and a copy of the LibreWRT tarball.
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
Karl Goetz wrote: I've not looked at LibreWRT myself, but I'd trust Jason to be doing due diligence (to the extent that is possible). He has been responsible for finding a lot of the issues currently listed on our NONFSDG page :) + 1
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
I personally need a libre WRT for the distribution of free software I'm writing and made to run on *WRT like platforms. Actually, I hope libreWRT will also support the raspberry pi somehow, once that hits our desks... I'm told the pi relies on proprietary software for several things, but I've not taken the time to research it properly. If anyone has good pointers I'd be interested in seeing them. http://elinux.org/RPi_Software supports this, although the cited links are broken: The boards do not include NAND or NOR storage - everything is on the SD card, which has a FAT32 partition with GPU firmware and a kernel image, and an EXT2 partition with the rootfs. We're not currently using a bootloader - we actually boot via the GPU, which contains a proprietary RISC core (wacky architecture). The GPU mounts the SD card, loads GPU firmware and brings up display/video/3d, loads a kernel image, resets the SD card host and starts the ARM. [...] The GPU blob is an 18MB elf file, including libraries. It does an awful lot. pgphBia7ym7hZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
