[Libreboot-dev] [PATCH] Change erroneous C201 documentation -- Not Mali, Tamil.

[Josh Branning]

This is my first submission for a patch on an external project. I don't 
know what branch/revision. I just did "git clone 
git://git.savannah.gnu.org/libreboot.git", so I assume master. The 
documentation states that the Mali driver is not yet released - but it 
is. Instead the Tamil driver for the GPU chip in the C201 (Mali T) is 
not. This was discussed a while back on IRC. Please CC me in any emails 
regarding, as I am not subscribed to the list. The patch starts below.

From f83d2801e04b1c3394f09c0909d0c0835dfdd713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Branning <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:39:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Not Mali, Tamil. (C201 docs)

---
 docs/libreboot.texi | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/libreboot.texi b/docs/libreboot.texi
index 5121447..ec10ad3 100644
--- a/docs/libreboot.texi
+++ b/docs/libreboot.texi
@@ -844,11 +844,11 @@ The libreboot project would like to see all 
FSF-endorsed distro projects port to
 @ifinfo
 @subsubheading Caution: Video acceleration requires a non-free blob, 
software rendering can be used instead.
 @end ifinfo
-The lima driver source code for the onboard Mali GPU is not released. 
The developer withheld it for personal reasons. Until that is released, 
the only way to use video (in freedom) on this laptop is to not have 
video acceleration, by making sure not to install the relevant blob. 
Most tasks can still be performed without video acceleration, without 
any noticeable performance penalty.
+The Tamil driver source code for the onboard Mali T GPU is not 
released. The developer has so-far withheld it. Until that is released, 
the only way to use video (in freedom) on this laptop is to not have 
video acceleration, by making sure not to install the relevant blob. 
Most tasks can still be performed without video acceleration, without 
any noticeable performance penalty.

 In practise, this means that certain things like games, blender and 
GNOME shell (or other fancy desktops) won't work well. The libreboot 
project recommends a lightweight desktop which does not need video 
acceleration, such as @emph{XFCE} or @emph{LXDE}.

-The lima developer wrote this blog post, which sheds light on the 
story: 
@uref{http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html,http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html}
+The Tamil developer wrote this blog post, which sheds light on the 
story: 
@uref{http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html,http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html}

 @node WiFi blobs
 @ifinfo
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