On 12/07/14 05:18, Riley Baird wrote:
On 07/12/14 20:52, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 08:29:48PM +1100, Riley Baird wrote:
On 07/12/14 20:20, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff wrote:
Riley Baird said:
As for why I want to create the distro, I think that OpenBSD has
excellent security, and I would like to create a version without the
binary-only microcode included.
Isn't it easier to just do
# cd /mnt/etc; tar czf firmware{.tgz,}; rm -R firmware
from bsd.rd after installer exits?
Yes, it definitely would be. You'd also need to change the installer
script such that fw_update is not run on first boot. I've removed the
firmware from my own system already. Also, it would be nice to be able
to build the source tree without requiring the firmware files to exist.
However, remember that if someone doesn't know much about OpenBSD, they
will either: a) think that OpenBSD does not contain binary-only firmware
due to the "Blob-Busters" marketing or b) not know where to look to
remove it should they wish to
The blobs we do not like are pieces of code running inside the kernel.
Code running on a device is a completely different category.
True, but the press releases never even mentioned the microcode, which
is kind of confusing given the normal usage of the word "binary blob".
"Blobs are vendor-compiled binary drivers without any source code."
That couldn't be more clear what the projects meaning of blobs is.
Microcode won't be mentioned when it is already pretty clear what the
meaning is. Nothing to be confused about there at all. That is your
interpretation of the meaning and not the common use.
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