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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.

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.