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=How critical it is to get free support for it?= | =How critical it is to get free support for it?= | ||
(Is it a very popular device that requires us to prioritize efforts?) | (Is it a very popular device that requires us to prioritize efforts?) | ||
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| + | =How many units have been manufactured and are in the field?= | ||
| + | (This piece of information would help inform the previous question about how critical it is) | ||
=What is(are) the processor architecture(s) of this device?= | =What is(are) the processor architecture(s) of this device?= | ||
Latest revision as of 08:34, 29 November 2019
Reference at LinuxLibre log
(example:
ATM_SOLOS - Solos ADSL2+ PCI Multiport card driver drivers/atm/solos-pci.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery drivers/atm/solos-pci.c: removed blobs
)
What is the purpose of the device?
Who needs it?
(which computer models use this device or which niche users usually buy such peripherals?)
How critical it is to get free support for it?
(Is it a very popular device that requires us to prioritize efforts?)
How many units have been manufactured and are in the field?
(This piece of information would help inform the previous question about how critical it is)
What is(are) the processor architecture(s) of this device?
Unknown.
Who is working on a free firmware implementation?
Unknown. Probably nobody.
Links to online documentation
Where are the non-free firmware images made available?
What makes them non-free?
(describe clearly the specific reasons for it being considered non-free)
- Firmware source code is not available.
What else do we know about this device?
(any further info that might help the creation of free firmware for it)
