[Arm-netbook] news page for allwinner a10

[lkcl luke]

2011/12/16 Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net>:
> fre 2011-12-16 klockan 08:57 +0100 skrev Alejandro Mery:
>
>> and related to RALink, there is a firmware blob in the kernel patch
>> and you mentioned another for a chip in the motherboard, doesn't this
>> conflict with the ideals of the freedombox?
>
> binary firmware blobs is a an annoyance.

 yes.  i'm surprised that allwinner didn't realise this would be
inconvenient, esp as it's pretty normal for RALink ETH devices these
days to have on-board firmware (hard-coded).

 in these circumstances, however, if it's _really_ irksome, there's
always USB ethernet dongles.  equally as much an annoyance, but there
you go.

> And a real problem when
> embedded in the kernel or patches.

 yes.  The Plan is to rip the firmware out again, make it part of an initrd.

 l.