Re: [Arm-netbook] MNT Reform DIY portable computer
Isaac David wrote : That said, the i.MX8 is using a newer Vivante GPU, which apparently hasn't been worked on yet. correction: work is ongoing and promising: https://www.youtube.com/user/wladiwump/video -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] MNT Reform DIY portable computer
Can the i mx8 work on entirely libre software? Libre software gpu? That was the case with the i.MX6. Proprietary firmware had to be loaded for the VPU to work,[1] but the GPU line was successfully reverse-engineered[2] and integrated into Mesa. No bootloader blobs either, definitely one of the best platforms for libre software. That said, the i.MX8 is using a newer Vivante GPU, which apparently hasn't been worked on yet.[3] [1]: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/hardware-firmware-drivers [2]: https://github.com/etnaviv/etna_viv [3]: https://www.cnx-software.com/2017/08/25/purism-librem-5-open-source-linux-smartphone-focuses-on-privacy-crowdfunding/ -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Librem 5?
Bill Kontos wrote : Purists that will tell you to just not use a phone because we are required by regulations to run those few kb of closed rom code have no place in this discussion honestly because they offer nothing to the table for a solution. this bit here struck a chord with me. they are offering you one of the best possible solutions available; if not the best (until one of us finds a couple trillion dollars to revamp telephony protocols and devices around the world): cutting through telco/OEM profits until they understand they will only make money by respecting our privacy and freedom. it's like consumerism long made us forgot that delaying a bad deal is also an option, most of the time. life saving procedures can't wait a decade or two, but mobile communications?, hell yeah. you don't get to call boycotters on a lack of solutions, when it's the refusal to join them precisely what undermines the effectiveness of their solution. as a cellphone non-user and die-hard libre software acolyte, i don't see the Purism people as enemies. they only need to reword their marketing to be a bit less disingenuous. they speak the language of the purists; this is how we know they _are_ aware that their products will fall short of something like a RYF cert. And they shouldn't. Thinking in black and white has been the sole reason for many many attrocities[...] maybe that wasn't the best example, but dichotomies are still a thing. not everything is a gradient, and we should be more judicious in finding the right model for the situation. ironically, by ruling out the possibility of a dichotomy you have fallen victim of bad black-and-white thinking. black-and-nothing-else thinking, in fact. You don't change someone's world view in one fell swoop, you do it 1% at a time. [...] So it is my personal opinion that the FSF should find a different speaker that can understand his/her audience better than rms does. well, there are some. have you listened to John Sullivan's talks? they are geared towards attracting the general FLOSS audience to the libre side of things. perhaps what we need is more people willing to educate the public with the strategy of their choice. different strokes for different folks. i would have never jumped on board with 1% increases. the whole enterprise would have struck me as vague and poorly thought. moreover, it wouldn't matter how out from the overton window free software is. we would still need RMS' clear referent to not lose sight of what the end goal is. RMS can't possibly adopt different strategies without being berated for inconsistency. and from a purely practical perspective, he probably knows that he will never speak to the same audience twice, which means that results will be maximum when those few all-or-nothing daredevils are targeted. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Tox: 0C730E0156E96E6193A1445D413557FF5F277BA969A4EA20AC9352889D3B390E77651E816F0C ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] Cell phone question
Bill Kontos : the technology underlying it means the network company will be able to track you anyway when you make calls. afaik not only then, but whenever network radio is turned on and transmitting; which for existing mobile protocols sadly means all the time. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Tox: 0C730E0156E96E6193A1445D413557FF5F277BA969A4EA20AC9352889D3B390E77651E816F0C ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP
Pablo : Probably a good idea to use mainline libre-linux, but first want to make a diff file comparing their fork with libre to make sure their aren't any drivers which are libre that we might need (or any bug-fixes). There is a deblob script used by Parabola Linux to liberate a mainline kernel. It is used to create a libre-linux kernel from mainline. just chiming in to clarify that Parabola actually uses Linux-libre as provided by the FSFLA. they're the ones maintaining and running the deblob script and we just grab their pre-cleaned sources. needless to say, nothing prevents you or us from applying the script to linux mainline ourselves. i'm not familiar with Debian, but i've heard a number of times that their kernel (and rest of the system indeed) is also equally clean by default. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Tox: 0C730E0156E96E6193A1445D413557FF5F277BA969A4EA20AC9352889D3B390E77651E816F0C ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling
Le jeu. 9 févr. 2017 à 13:38, Julie Marchant a écrit : Where in the EOMA68 campaign did you say that you would purge systemd from the Debian and Parabola systems you distribute? parabola openrc is also a thing, i'm neither using nor maintaining it, but others are, and updates/support should not be worse than systemd's. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
Re: [Arm-netbook] Block Diagram - ZEOMA - Handheld Games Console
Le jeu. 3 nov. 2016 à 9:04, Eric Duhamel a écrit : linux-sunxi wiki says in "overclocking" section that 1.2 Ghz is "rather unrealistic". Well, I'll move forward assuming the A20 card will be about as fast as my Beaglebone Black (~1 Ghz) with double the RAM. Double the cores, quadruple the RAM. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
