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		jetbalsa 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We should have the ability to run any code we want... Only runs on a handful of hardware, and still uses the binblobs from google for the hardware devices.

SlowTao 48 days ago [–]

That is a fair point, this is a similar issue that Libre-boot went through a few years back. Yes, you try to stick clear of binary blobs as much as possible but at a certain point you just run out of hardware that meets that criteria.

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