Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin

[joakim@verona.se]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     I'm not sure why you say that there are no free systems available for
>     phones. In my particular case I use the GTA04 which has mostly open
>     hardware.
>
> It comes fairly close, but it has peripherals (more than one) that
> require nonfree "blobs".

You don't need to use those peripherals. I find the device quite
functional without them. To make the device even more useful, the device
would benefit from the success of this high priority GNU project:
http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/new-high-priority-project-powervr-drivers/

I verified this information with the project, and can provide full
details if deemed interesting.

This is no worse than most of my other machines. I try to do my best
buying hardware that work with free software, and avoid using the
hardware parts requiring non-free blobs.


>
>     Anyway, so the phone I use is basically a small GNU/Linux system with a
>     3G modem.
>
> I don't know how the main processor communicates with the 3G modem.
> If it is by memory sharing, the firmware in the modem can take control
> of the entire system.

In the case of the GTA04 the modem is a completely separate system that
communicates with the main processor with a serial USB connection. There
is no memory sharing.


>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
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> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>   Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call

-- 
Joakim Verona