Hi, Having a separate OS for radio is rather unfortunate, but it's not much different from your regular Desktop PC. [1] And actually, there is a free GSM implementation available. [2]
I like the idea of having a completely free OS stack running on the main CPU. Currently some devices only have binary drivers for older versions of Android, which complicates porting significantly. The reverse-engineered driver in Linux 3.12 might not be feasible for use with Android, because Linux uses the KSM interface by default, while Android uses fbdev with a number of extensions, I think. Best regards Thomas [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Mode [2] http://blog.rot13.org/2011/01/osmocom-bb---free-software-finally-comes-to-gsm.html On 15.11.2013 15:10, Gabriele Svelto wrote: > On 15/11/2013 09:20, Julien Wajsberg wrote: >> I just read that Linux 3.12 ships with free reverse-engineered Adreno >> GPU support! One more step towards a phone containing only free >> software :-) > > That's unfortunately just a small step until the vendors open up the > baseband which is IMHO the biggest issue in building a completely open > phone: > > http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone > > > Gabriele > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
