* Paul van der Vlis: > Hello Paul Hänsch and others, > > Op 23-11-14 om 23:39 schreef Paul Hänsch: >> Paul van der Vlis <[email protected]>, Sun 2014-11-23 23:06: >>> https://bryanquigley.com/uncategorized/would-you-crowdfund-a-500-ubunt >>> u-open-to-the-core-laptop >> >> I don't get this point: >> >> ""quote -- >> - 128 GB SSD (this would be the one component that might have to be >> proprietary as I’m not aware of another option) >> -- "" >> >> Don't notebook SSDs appear as standerdised SATA disks these days? I've >> never experienced any trouble with this class of device. Could imagine >> that the internal ROM firmware is proprietary, but this should be the >> case for a lot of the components (even when the loadable part of the >> firmware is free). > > A SSD has it's own processor and firmware, and that's always non-free so > far I know.
The CPU has its own firmware, too. It even needs updates sometimes. Why doesn't it matter there? (I got an OS-less laptop some time ago for much less than $500, but I don't know if it is CoreBoot-capable. Obviously, there is also tons of firmware running on other chips besides the main CPU.) _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
