Librem 5: First Impressions

Re:Librem 5: First Impressions by seba_dos1 on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @01:03PM (#30768640)

> So they took away the user's ability to update the firmware, fused it in a ROM

That's simply not true. Users can upgrade those firmwares if they want (and absolutely no weird tricks like disassembling or soldering are necessary for that). PureOS doesn't distribute any non-free updates, but if you want, you absolutely can reflash these blobs.

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Re:Librem 5: First Impressions by rollcat on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @04:50PM (#30771358)

From TFA: https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-solving-the-first-fsf-ryf-hurd...

> The RYF has a “secondary processor” exclusion that can be granted on a case by case basis. We will leverage this exclusion to load and train the DDR PHY on the i.MX 8. We will use a secondary processor to keep binary blobs out of u-boot and the kernel.

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Re:Librem 5: First Impressions by seba_dos1 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @12:58AM (#30775114)

So what? How exactly would that "take away the user's ability to update the firmware"?

Librem 5 does not lock the firmwares in any kind of ROM. Nothing is taken away from the user.

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