> Perhaps there is a misunderstanding. I am looking for firmware > released as binaries under a free license. If someone decompiles > such a binary and gives it meaningful function and variable names, > and comments to explain it, that will be free source code. > > This firmware is not an option because it has a "proprietary, free to > redistribute (but not modify), license". To do reverse engineering on > this and make a useful result would require a clean-room procedure. > > Can anyone recommend a real candidate?
These two files under X11 license are probably most important for the community: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=blob;f=drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_microcode.h;h=a348c9e7db1cbdaa09b988e3a1da2d955d16c3f2;hb=drm-next<%20http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=blob;f=drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_microcode.h;h=a348c9e7db1cbdaa09b988e3a1da2d955d16c3f2;hb=drm-next> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=blob;f=drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_microcode.h;h=778c8b4b2fd9759701ba526319733d1d3c73528c;hb=drm-next This is microcode for AMD video cards which is required in order to have 2D/3D acceleration with otherwise free drivers. -- Andrius Štikonas
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