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   Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 03:13:26 JST Wolf480pl

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   • nytpu

   @nytpu Actual un-updatable firmware ROM has more arguments going for it.

   I think in the end we should demand hardware to also be free, but I can see where FSF is coming from.

   Well, was coming from, before they themselves forgot where they're coming from and dialed that rule to eleven.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 03:13:27 JST Wolf480pl

     • nytpu

     @nytpu I was specifically referring to linux-libre, which (according to Matthew Garrett[1]) removes the firmware-loading code from the Linux kernel.

     So if you have a device that has old firmware inside it and allows it to be updated, *and* you have a firmware blob on disk, you won't be able to load it because the kernel doesn't have that feature.
     So you'll end up running old firmware.

     [1]: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/70895.html

     alcinnz repeated this.