Stefan Sperling said: > On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 12:44:55AM -0300, Michel Behr wrote: > > If you want HW freedom, I think the viable way is this: > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-15#products-top > > Nice try but I don't think countrygeek would be happy with this machine. > > """ > What About the BIOS and firmware? > > Though the bootloader, Linux kernel, GNU OS, and all software > applications are completely free/libre software without any binary > blobs, the BIOS which does use free/libre and open source coreboot, does > include a binary from Intel, called FSP. > """
They admit that their hardware has vendors' firmware as well: | There are also hardware components, like the HD or SSD, that are | flashable, and therefore upgradeable, but that currently run firmware | that is not yet freed. -- Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
