2010/5/5 Kent Watsen <k...@watsen.net> > There is a discussion on the osol-discuss mailing list this morning where > it's pointed out that OpenBSD source tree has a blob in it: > > http://osdir.com/ml/opensolaris-discuss/2010-05/msg00095.html > > The location of the blob in the tree is here: > > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/microcode/afb/microcode.h?rev=1.1;content-type=text%2Fplain > > A posting from Alan Coopersmith from last December: > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x-packagers/2009-December/000091.html > > The only "official" OpenBSD position statement I could find is on the 3.9 > lyrics page: > > http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#39 > > Where it says " OpenBSD remains blob-free" - not true? > > He thinks "code on the ethernet card" is different if you load it from file or if it came pre-burned on a ROM.
OpenBSD thinks code-that-runs-in-my-kernel (like the popular gfx-card blobs) are different from code-that-runs-in-my-eth-card (like firmware files) -- To our sweethearts and wives. May they never meet. -- 19th century toast
