Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli via Replicant <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:52:58 +0200 > "W. Kosior via Replicant" <[email protected]> wrote: >> True, although even Replicant phones are not 100% free. Perhaps you've >> already heard that no libre cellular modem exists. > A free firmware (OsmocomBB) exist, but it's for very old mobile phones > (that aren't smartphones) and the Openmoko Smartphones modem. The > OpenMoko part that runs GNU/Linux only has 128M of RAM, and there is > (almost) no upstream kernel support for it. >
I'd be ok with a dumb phone! What phones use that OsmocomBB modem? I may have found my answers...It looks like the same guy that did the Nouveau computer is working on this already. https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6156_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412282145_-_fernvale_an_open_hardware_and_software_platform_based_on_the_nominally_closed-source_mt6260_soc_-_bunnie_-_xobs#t=2684 http://www.bunniefoo.com/fernvale/fernvale-31c3.pdf http://shop.sysmocom.de/products/fernvale-mt6260-reverse-engineering-development-kit-dvt2 http://shop.sysmocom.de/t/osmocombb/phones http://shop.sysmocom.de/t/development-boards/cellular http://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki I'm still not entirely certain which dumb phone from the market I should buy, or if I should just buy the dev kit. Either way this is exciting news! > > Denis. > > _______________________________________________ > Replicant mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > -- Joshua Branson (jab in #guix) Sent from Emacs and Gnus https://gnucode.me https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels https://propernaming.org "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
