arch/x86/dts/microcode/ # The license is nonfree because it contains the following: "Reverse # engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software is not # permitted." Licenses/r8a779x_usb3.txt drivers/usb/host/xhci-rcar-r8a779x_usb3_v3.h # The documentation contains instructions to download and install nonfree # software. Note that if a board doesn't have such instructions it doesn't # necessarily means that it can boot with only free software and viceversa. ########### # Amlogic # ########### # Amlogic SOCs Usually have various nonfree components, like the first stages # of the bootloaders and code that runs in TrustZone. They are most likely # not signed. # --------- # TODO: List the nonfree software of specific documentation doc/board/amlogic/beelink-gtkingpro.rst doc/board/amlogic/beelink-gtking.rst doc/board/amlogic/index.rst doc/board/amlogic/khadas-vim2.rst doc/board/amlogic/khadas-vim3l.rst doc/board/amlogic/khadas-vim3.rst doc/board/amlogic/khadas-vim.rst doc/board/amlogic/libretech-ac.rst doc/board/amlogic/libretech-cc.rst doc/board/amlogic/nanopi-k2.rst doc/board/amlogic/odroid-c2.rst doc/board/amlogic/odroid-c4.rst doc/board/amlogic/odroid-n2.rst doc/board/amlogic/p200.rst doc/board/amlogic/p201.rst doc/board/amlogic/p212.rst doc/board/amlogic/q200.rst doc/board/amlogic/s400.rst doc/board/amlogic/sei510.rst doc/board/amlogic/sei610.rst doc/board/amlogic/u200.rst doc/board/amlogic/w400.rst doc/board/amlogic/wetek-core2.rst ######### # Linux # ######### # Has intructions to build Linux which is not FSDG compliant. # TODO: Use linux-libre instead, especially because documentation about vboot # could be interesting to have. Vboot is a chain of trust that can work with # only free software. The hardware root of trust can be created by booting on # a flash chip whose security registers are configured to set the first # bootloader component read-only. doc/uImage.FIT/beaglebone_vboot.txt # Steers very strongly users into using Linux as it shows that the only tested # kernels are Broadcom forks of Linux. We would need to have linux-libre # versions of these or test it with stock linux-libre instead. doc/README.bcm7xxx ############ # Mediatek # ############ # The instructions uses binaries that lack any corresponding source code. doc/README.mediatek ############# # NXP I.MX8 # ############# # I.MX8 SOCs require a nonfree firmware for the DDR4 controller. In some # documentation, I didn't find that requirement mentioned, but instead # there are still nonfree files mentioned. So I assume that they might # somehow contain code for that nonfree DDR4 controller, but it might be # worth checking if it's the case or not. The DDR4 controller firmware is not # signed. In addition the I.MX8 HDMI controller requires a signed firmware. # ----------- # nonfree DDR4 controller firmware doc/board/freescale/imx8mp_evk.rst # nonfree DDR4 controller and HDMI firmwares doc/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk.rst # nonfree DDR4 controller firmware doc/board/freescale/imx8mn_evk.rst # nonfree imx-sc-firmware-1.2.7.1.bin and imx-seco-2.3.1.bin firmwares doc/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek.rst # nonfree DDR4 controller firmware doc/board/freescale/imx8mm_evk.rst # nonfree imx-sc-firmware-1.1.bin and firmware-imx-8.0.bin firmwares doc/board/advantech/imx8qm-rom7720-a1.rst # TODO doc/board/verdin-imx8mm.rst doc/board/toradex/colibri-imx8x.rst doc/board/toradex/apalix-imx8x.rst doc/board/toradex/apalix-imx8.rst ####################### # NXP nonfree srktool # ####################### # The SRK tool is a tool that is involved in one way or another with # authenticated or encrypted boot. I'm unsure if free software replacements # exists or if could easily be replaced with a free software implementation. # In any case the I.MX6 and I.MX5 can proabably be setup for encrypted or # authenticated boot with free software tools. The first and second versions # of the USB Armory has documentation on how to do that. # --------------------- doc/imx/board/toradex/colibri_imx7.rst doc/imx/habv4/introduction_habv4.txt ################## # Samsung Exynos # ################## # The instructions makes users nonfree components like a nonfree first stage # bootloaders, and nonfree code that runs in TrustZone. doc/README.odroid # The instructions makes its users download an image and update u-boot in that # image. Because of that, it's extremely likely that the images contains # nonfree components that cannot even be redistributed in another form, and # that the instructions uses that images because of that. doc/README.s5p4418 ##################### # Texas Instruments # ##################### # Users are expected to use nonfree tools and even sign an NDA to get access # to them. doc/README.ti-secure ########### # Unknown # ########### # Everything looks free software, but the code still needs to be reviewed. doc/board/microchip/mpfs_icicle.rst # OP-TEE is under a free software license but its code needs to be reviewed. doc/README.tee # The tutorial has instructions to download a downstream u-boot, so it might # have the same issues than u-boot itself if the u-boot is recent enough. doc/chromium/run_vboot.rst ####### # x86 # ####### # Unless the computer is supported by Libreboot, or that u-boot runs after # some other nonfree boot software like a BIOS or UEFI, it's unlikely to be # able to run with only free software. Though I'm pretty sure that some # exceptions do exists, but they are probably not supported by u-boot. # ----- # nonfree Management Engine firmware, RAM intialization code, and video BIOS doc/board/google/chromebook_link.rst # nonfree SDRAM and hardware intialization code doc/board/google/chromebook_coral.rst # nonfree FSP, video BIOS, Management Engine firmware doc/board/intel/minnowmax.rst # nonfree FSP, Chipset Micro Code (CMC), microcode doc/board/intel/crownbay.rst # TODO: check # board/intel/edison.rst # Steers userstoward using nonfree FSP board/intel/slimbootloader.rst # Steers users and developers toward using nonfree FSP doc/device-tree-bindings/fsp/fsp2/apollolake/fsp-m.txt # Steers users and developers toward using nonfree FSP doc/device-tree-bindings/fsp/fsp2/apollolake/fsp-s.txt ############ # Rockchip # ############ # rkbin binaries without license nor source code doc/board/rockchip/rockchip.rst # TODO: check the following files # imx/common/mxs.txt # README.armada-secureboot # README.fdt-control # README.fsl-ddr # README.m54418twr # README.marvell # README.mpc85xxcds # README.mpc85xx-sd-spi-boot # README.OFT # README.rmobile # README.rockchip # README.rockusb # README.socfpga