[coreboot] building a coreboot (and 100% free software) compatible box

"Kristóf, Csillag" csillag.kristof at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 16:11:31 CET 2013


Was not the point of downloadable firmware exactly to replace those?
Thought you could be right...

    Kristof


2013-02-07 14:47 keltezéssel, Антон Кочков írta:
> Not sure, but it is _downloadable_ firmware, while here can be flashed
> or burned firmware too.
>
> Best regards,
> Anton Kochkov.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:46 PM, "Kristóf, Csillag"
> <csillag.kristof at gmail.com> wrote:
>> At 2013-02-07 09:45, "Kristóf, Csillag" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think this means you'll need a discrete graphics card, as you mention
>>>> in 2.1 below. Bitcoin just got ASICs so if you're the type to risk a scammer
>>>> on fleabay, you could score a great deal.
>>> OK, but what graphics card? Both AMD and Nvidia require binary
>>> firmwares...
>> Fortunately, that's not true!
>> Nouveau can now run without a firmware on some cards.
>>
>> See here:
>>
>>     http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallDRM#A3D-accel_Firmware
>>
>> That's some progress...
>>
>>
>>     Csillag
>>
>>
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