On 06/05/2015 23:47, Doug Turner wrote: > One thing I should point out is that binary components in B2G are NOT > user installable. Instead, binaries components are used by companies > building FirefoxOS devices. > > For example, Qualcomm has some special implementation for Geolocation > and the radio interface layer (RIL). When a company wants to build a > FirefoxOS device on Qualcomm hardware, Qualcomm hands them a bunch of > binaries. These binaries obviously aren’t compiled into LIBXUL and > thus we need XPCOM to continue looking for and loading binary > components.
Sony is unlocking their bootloaders to allow users to install other phone operating systems, including FirefoxOS. If the hardware is Qualcomm, I expect the users will want to install the binary blobs as well. Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
