Re: Intel Skylake graphics will require non-free firmware
On 31.08.2015 23:10, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:08:14 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am deeply concerned about the news: it seems that Intel upcoming
>> Skylake CPUs will require a non-free binary-only firmware blob in order
>> for the integrated graphics to operate [1].
>>
>> As far as I can tell, Intel graphics is currently the only option for a
>> completely DFSG-free graphics stack (DFSG-free Intel drivers, without
>> any required non-free firmware to be loaded). Intel's move looks like a
>> major regression for the Free Software community.
>>
>> Is having Keith Packard away from Intel [2] *so* bad for us all?
>> ("Intel not employing Keith Packard considered harmful"?)
>>
>>
>> What can be done, before it's too late?
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SKL-BXT-Firmware-Blobs
>> [2] http://keithp.com/blogs/Back_to_HP/
>>
>>
>> P.S.: Please Cc me on replies, as I am not subscribed to debian-x.
>> Thanks!
>
> Other news about the Skylake non-free firmware blobs:
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNU-Linux-Libre-4.2
>
> Am I the only one to be concerned about this?
>
> Is anyone in contact with Intel decision makers, trying to persuade
> them to release the firmware with source under DFSG-free terms?
>
> Is there anything else that can be done?
Just ignore it, SKL works fine without the firmware, you just miss some
features and gain log spam in return.
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