On 04.11.2015 05:03, Robert Call (Bob) wrote: > On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 00:02 +0200, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic wrote: >> On 03.11.2015 18:53, Robert Call (Bob) wrote: >> >> Thanks, Bob. But can the user trust u-boot_mod is 100% free software? >> > > u-boot_mod is more free than upstream u-boot. It only has the code > needed to support a handful of routers. In the future, we may include a > modified version of u-boot for ar71xx targets, but that is quite a ways > away. It is one of the many projects that I've been working on > pertaining to libreCMC, but it takes a lot of work to make happen.
Thanks for the information, Bob. Could you please share the source code of the modified u-boot for the target TPE-NWIFIROUTER2 from ThinkPenguin, which is FSF RYF-certified to be 100% compatible with free software? I guess this is one of the projects you have worked on and it's completed for this target. > U-boot support will come with the added liability when people brick > their routers (because if you break u-boot, you will need a chip clip > and SPI programmer to unbrick the device). One wrong command or offset > and it is game over. u-boot_mod also ships with several failsafe modes > that make it really difficult to brick a router, which is why I > recommend using it if you have a supported router. Yes, good choice as base version for u-boot. > If people wanted to pay for u-boot support for a supported target (or > subset of targets), it would make things go a bit quicker. I am interested in donating a fraction to LibreCMC, as long as it helps me support myself financially (I am running a nonprofit myself, Tehnoetic is just a side project to help me run a free software activist group called Ceata). Thanks, -- Tiberiu Founder, Tehnoetic.com _______________________________________________ Librecmc-dev mailing list Librecmc-dev@lists.librecmc.org https://librecmc.org/mailman/listinfo/librecmc-dev
