On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 07:51:39AM +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: > [email protected] [2017-11-11 04:44]: > > On 11/10/2017 06:21 PM, KatolaZ wrote: > > >> Then replacing your video card might be the only option. > > > Replace with what? I bought this one as wikipedia says there is a free > > firmware option for it "radeon" - to me that means no blobs required but > > I guess "they" changed the definition. > > Does it really make the card more "free" if the binary blob is built-in > instead of being loaded at runtime?
Somehow, RMS believes so. The only argument against loadable blobs I've heard is that the manufacturer can replace it with something more evil. But that's nonsense as you can keep an older version. And in most cases, a new version fixes bugs, often crippling ones. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Laws we want back: Poland, Dz.U. 1921 nr.30 poz.177 (also Dz.U. ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ 1920 nr.11 poz.61): Art.2: An official, guilty of accepting a gift ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ or another material benefit, or a promise thereof, [in matters ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ relevant to duties], shall be punished by death by shooting. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
