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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?
From: |
Michał Masłowski |
Subject: |
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro? |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:09:30 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> I personally need a libre WRT for the distribution of free software
>> I'm writing and made to run on *WRT like platforms. Actually, I hope
>> libreWRT will also support the raspberry pi somehow, once that hits
>> our desks...
>
> I'm told the pi relies on proprietary software for several things, but
> I've not taken the time to research it properly.
> If anyone has good pointers I'd be interested in seeing them.
http://elinux.org/RPi_Software supports this, although the cited links
are broken:
The boards do not include NAND or NOR storage - everything is on the
SD card, which has a FAT32 partition with GPU firmware and a kernel
image, and an EXT2 partition with the rootfs.
We're not currently using a bootloader - we actually boot via the GPU,
which contains a proprietary RISC core (wacky architecture). The GPU
mounts the SD card, loads GPU firmware and brings up display/video/3d,
loads a kernel image, resets the SD card host and starts the ARM.
[...]
The GPU blob is an 18MB elf file, including libraries. It does an
awful lot.
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- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?, (continued)
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT free distro?, Matt Lee, 2012/03/06