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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Raphaël Mélotte <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your precise answer ! (As every of your answers I saw on the > mailing list) no problem. i guess talking with dr stallman had some effect, uh? :) > Ideology probably wasn't the right word, of course I wouldn't like you to be > "yet another proprietary software peddler". :) > By the way if I got it right, you say 99% of the hardware is open because > only the mali GPU isn't documented ? (but we won't use it) That is awesome > ! yep. it's less ideal than we'd like (clearly). > I really didn't know that NSA was already intercepting shipments before they > arrive to their destination, easily found, google "nsa intercept photos" - it's right there http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ > now I'm even more convinced that we need libre > hardware for everyone. *shrugs* :) > What I forgot to ask was if it was possible to read and possibly reflash > firmware from the userspace, yep. > or would it require some special hardware to be > connected directly to the chip like when flashing libreboot ? no - you just need to format a micro-sd card in a specific way, and the boot rom will look for it on MMC0. another way is to put the processor into "USB-FEL" mode and just upload programs over a USB-OTG cable directly into memory. both methods are fully documented on the sunxi wiki. > Anyway I guess > I will find out by myself as investigate more about it. yep. start with the sunxi wiki. > PS: I miss-configured my subscription to the mailing list and couldn't reply > directly to your message. I hope this reply will get where it has to be, > linked to the right thread. looks like it. "reply" is configured to go only to the list, but whom you're sending as must be *only* from the address that's subscribed. stick another one on and change the subscription to "nomail" if you prefer - i've done that with 3 separate email addresses on this list alone ;) l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
