Just to add to this, it seems that the array in vs6624.c is probably firmware: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg46932.html
On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:04:15 -0400 Legimet <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed that there are some files which are included in Linux-libre, > but stripped from Debian's kernel: > > arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/micropatch.c > drivers/media/i2c/vs6624.c > drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia > drivers/video/fbdev/riva > > The first file, micropatch.c, contains Motorola microcode patches > without any source code. There are references to this file in > deblob-check, but the file was moved. > > The second file contains a blob called vs6624_p1 consisting of data to > be written to some registers. The registers are not referred to > numerically, not by names, so it seems unlikely that this is the > preferred form for modification. Again, there are references to this > file in deblob-check but the file was moved. > > The nvidia and riva drivers contain obfuscated source code, according > to the Debian dfsg patches: > > > These drivers contain register programming code provided by the > > hardware vendor that appears to have been deliberately obfuscated. > > This is arguably not the preferred form for modification. > > > > These drivers are also largely redundant with nouveau. The RIVA 128 > > (NV3) is not supported by nouveau but is about 15 years old and > > probably discontinued 10 years ago. > > There is a discussion about this from 2006: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383465 > > Legimet _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
