On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> raff.debian.org uses a Compaq Smart 5i RAID card. A flash memory is used > to store the firmware. While the firmware is freely downloadable (as in > beer) on HP website [1], we don't have the corresponding source code. May I ask how many computers does the project debian use, which have closed source BIOSes (or equivalent)? Should those machines be shutdown until there is enough coreboot supported [1] hardware available? And, may I ask an other question: should we really consider ourselves free, while we are just using free software, but not hardware? Should we stop using computers of which we don't have the projects, of which we don't know the internal structure? Should we stop using computers at all? Luca [1] http://www.coreboot.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
