Re: Please review blog post draft: powerpc64le-linux support

[Tobias Platen]

On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:59:44 +0200
Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 09:37 -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
> > They also say in that Twitter thread: "We have been putting together
> > our
> > systems from blob-free components only (sans NIC as is known and
> > being
> > actively worked), and this is an area where no low-cost blob-free
> > silicon is available right now."
> > 
> 
> I've been using the Free Software firmware replacement for the NIC
> since a while now and it's working great: 
> https://github.com/meklort/bcm5719-fw/

I've install that firmware on my Talos II and I can confirm that it works.
I have reviewed 0001-website-drafts-Add-powerpc64le-linux-announcement.patch 
and it looks good.
It would be good to mention the Libre-SoC project(https://libre-soc.org/), 
which might be a good target for the future.

Tobias

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