documenting devices that require non-free firmware on Linux

[Felipe Sanches]

I have setup a wiki for this documentation:
http://wiki.quintalivre.org/index.php?title=LinuxLibre
Please contribute with all information you are able to discover about
devices that are not yet supported by free firmware.

--Felipe Sanches

PS: I have already found some nice info about ATM (network) devices.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Felipe Sanches <juca at members.fsf.org> wrote:
> I'd like to start documenting the devices that require non-free
> firmware in Linux. It is intended as a way to foster the development
> of free firmwares for these devices by making information more easily
> accessible and better organized. Here is a proposal of template for
> wiki pages on that topic.
> --Felipe Sanches
>
> =Reference at LinuxLibre log=
> (example:
>  ATM_AMBASSADOR - Madge Ambassador, Collage PCI 155 Server
>  drivers/atm/ambassador.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery
>  drivers/atm/ambassador.c: removed blobs
>  firmware/atmsar11.HEX: removed blobs
>  firmware/Makefile: dropped firmware/atmsar11.fw
> )
>
> =What is the purpose of the device?=
> (example:
>  ATM Network card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode)
> )
>
> =Who needs it?=
> (which computer models use this device or which niche users usually
> buy such peripherals?)
>
> =How critical it is to get free support for it?=
> (Is it a very popular device that requires us to prioritize efforts?)
>
> =What is(are) the processor architecture(s) of this device?=
> Unknown.
>
> =Who is working on a free firmware implementation?=
> Nobody.
>
> =Links to online documentation=
> (i.e. datasheets, developer's guides, official or non-official
> specifications, etc)
>
> =Where are the non-free firmware images made available?=
> (usually here we would want an url to the manufacturer's firmware
> download webpage)
>
> =What makes them non-free?=
> (describe clearly the specific reasons for it being considered non-free)
> *Source code is not available.
>
> =What else do we know about this device?=
> (any further info that might help the creation of free firmware for it)
>