Re: binary blobs in freebsd

2006-10-22 Thread Antonios Anastasiadis
Thanks. The reason I asked is that I want to avoid accidentally buying hardware that runs through a binary blob, plus I want to be able to use it without installing extra ports and/or firmwares. You've been most helpful. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: binary blobs in freebsd

2006-10-22 Thread Robert Watson
t; To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:30 PM Subject: binary blobs in freebsd Hello. I am thinking about using FreeBSD in various places, however before I do that it would be comfortable to know what binary blobs it includes in any part of the system, be it binary daemon,

Re: binary blobs in freebsd

2006-10-22 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Friday, October 20, 2006 2:30 PM Subject: binary blobs in freebsd > Hello. > I am thinking about using FreeBSD in various places, however before I > do that it would be comfortable to know what binary blobs it includes > in any part of the system, be it binary daemon, binary driver

binary blobs in freebsd

2006-10-20 Thread Antonios Anastasiadis
Hello. I am thinking about using FreeBSD in various places, however before I do that it would be comfortable to know what binary blobs it includes in any part of the system, be it binary daemon, binary driver etc. Two I am aware of are the Atheros Hal and an Adaptec RAID driver. I did not find any