[Facil] Fwd: Marvell et le XO3: la fin de la guerre

Etienne Goyer etienne.goyer at outlands.ca
Lun 18 Oct 09:27:17 EDT 2010


Enfin!

On va finir par les avoir un par un.  Intel, Broadcom, ATi, maintenant
Marvell.  Prochainement, Nvidia?


On 10-10-18 08:49 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
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> "We do in fact have a Free Software device driver for use with the
> kernel Linux. It is released under the GNU General Public License,
> version 2, apparently written by Marvell itself. The driver is called
> "Libertas" and is in OLPC's git repository.
> 
> "Marvell currently has a proprietary firmware image that must be
> uploaded to the chipset. This firmware runs on the chipset's own ARM
> processor in the chipset's own RAM, not the host system's CPU or
> operating system kernel.
> 
> "OLPC is working with a company called Meraki to create a totally new,
> open firmware for the 88W8388 chipset. There is not yet a timeline for
> when this will be available."
> 
> If you would like to follow up in detail, you can ask Jim.
> 
> Marvell is deeply committed to the OLPC project, and to providing Free
> Software throughout.
> 
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Marvell-gives-OLPC-5-6-million-for-development-of-next-gen-laptop-1101589.html
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