Hi, Following your interest in a free Linux kernel, you might like those links:
http://www.gnewsense.org/static/homepage/ http://www.blagblagblag.org/ http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/index Pascal -- Pascal Charest, skype: pascal.charest Free software consultant @ Laboratoire Phoenix http://www.labsphoenix.com On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:24 AM, David Montminy <[email protected]>wrote: > I just read this article > http://libresoft.es/Members/herraiz/blog/linux-is-not-free-software > It state the some Linux kernel drivers includes binary blobs. > > In the interest of information, I have included the list of drivers here > (and what the files represent): > -Commodore A2232 serial board driver > * drivers/char/ser_a2232fw.h > * drivers/char/ser_a2232fw.ax > > -Intel's IXP2000 family of NPUs (IXP2400, IXP2800, IXP2850) > * drivers/net/ixp2000/ixp2400_rx.ucode > * drivers/net/ixp2000/ixp2400_rx.uc > * drivers/net/ixp2000/ixp2400_tx.ucode > > -wanXL serial card driver > * drivers/net/wan/wanxlfw.inc_shipped > * drivers/net/wan/wanxlfw.S > > -Driver for Atmel at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards. > * drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c > > -NCR (or symbios) 53c700 and 53c700-66 chip > * drivers/scsi/53c700_d.h_shipped > * drivers/scsi/53c700.scr > > -Adaptec U320 device driver firmware > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_seq.h_shipped > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.seq > > -Adaptec 274x/284x/294x device driver firmware > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_seq.h_shipped > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.seq > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old/aic7xxx_seq.c > * drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old/aic7xxx.seq > * drivers/scsi/53c7xx_d.h_shipped > * drivers/scsi/53c7xx.scr > > -Device driver for the SYMBIOS/LSILOGIC 53C8XX and 53C1010 family of > PCI-SCSI IO processors. > * drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw1.h > * drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h > > -DSP56001 bootstrap code > * firmware/dsp56k/bootstrap.bin.ihex > * firmware/dsp56k/bootstrap.asm > > -Firmware for the Keyspan PDA Serial Adapter, a USB serial port based on > the EzUSB microcontroller. > * firmware/keyspan_pda/keyspan_pda.HEX > * firmware/keyspan_pda/keyspan_pda.S > * firmware/keyspan_pda/xircom_pgs.HEX > * firmware/keyspan_pda/xircom_pgs.S > > --This code runs inside the DSP (cs4610, cs4612, cs4624, or cs4630) > * sound/pci/cs46xx/imgs/cwcdma.h > * sound/pci/cs46xx/imgs/cwcdma.asp > > I get the feeling that most of these blobs are actually compiled firware > code from the associated .C files but I don't have time to check... > > ... And I don't have any of this hardware :) > > David Montminy > P.S.: The weird thing is that some of these blobs seems to come from > NetBSD and FreeBSD... So if these really are black boxes the Linux > kernel is not the only one with blobs... > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >
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