On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Michael Catanzaro <mike.catanzaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Tomasz Torcz <tomek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> The same upstream which did not release stable version of Xorg Intel >> driver >> for past three years? ;-) >> According to the link, the firmwares are needed for HDMI audio, which is >> quite critical functionality. HDMI audio for older chipsets did not >> require binary blobs, so this is kind of regression. > > > We should push back very hard against this. I was under the impression that > Intel was the open source CPU vendor. If we need binary blobs in the OS to > make new chips work properly, perhaps Fedora and Red Hat should be heavily > promoting AMD until Intel decides to change its ways. I believe all common current generation GPUs need firmware, some of the intel platforms have needed firmware for audio for some time. The intel audio firmware is /lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_* and the various nVidia firmware is in /lib/firmware/nvidia/ > (I am hoping AMD doesn't do this too. I have no idea.) You'd be wrong, check /lib/firmware/amdgpu/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
