State of bluetooth & wifi drivers in linux-libre
Divya
divya at subvertising.org
Sun Oct 20 17:16:39 UTC 2024
On 20 October 2024 16:33:36 GMT, Jason Self <j at jxself.org> wrote:
>Based on my observations, that git repository includes only the
>source code for the kernel module that operates on the computer in
>kernel space, and not the firmware that is loaded onto the device by
>the request_firmware call. If you have found the firmware source code
>somewhere, could you please specify exactly where?
Indeed, apologies for not realizing this. It is the kernel module that is libre, the firmware still remains a binary blob.
Quite a sad fact indeed. On the other hand, I wanted to ask what is the state of bluetooth/wifi adapters in linux-libre are most/all open firmware adapters supported by the kernel?
Regards,
Divya
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