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Originally posted by elatllat View PostWhy do SOC venders still think NDAs and blobs without source are profitable? The most open SBC vender (rpi) soled 20 million units. The second best supported SBC vender (Odroid) sells out. RISC-V can't come soon enough.
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Originally posted by ldesnogu View PostIt's not because RISC-V is "open" that chips using it, be they CPU or complete SoC, will be open too.
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Originally posted by elatllat View PostWhy do SOC venders still think NDAs and blobs without source are profitable? The most open SBC vender (rpi) soled 20 million units. The second best supported SBC vender (Odroid) sells out. RISC-V can't come soon enough.
ODROID puts proprietary lockout in their software as well such as their ATF and images.Last edited by LoveRPi; 15 May 2019, 02:57 PM.
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Originally posted by LoveRPi View Post
This is factually incorrect. RPi is one of the more closed ecosystems. Closed source firmware and proprietary lockout such as DSI and 8MP CSI.
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Originally posted by willmore View Postthe vendor will sometimes scramble the order in which registers are addressed—maybe in some attempt to hide that they stole the IP?
In the case of this SATA driver, what the author did was realize that the Allwinner chips used the same IP for their SATA interface as TI did. But, where Allwinner didn't document the hardware well, TI did.
Glad to hear that NXP is in the "good" category with TI, as I've sponsored them both privately and professionally.Last edited by andreano; 15 May 2019, 03:26 PM.
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Originally posted by LoveRPi View PostThis is factually incorrect. RPi is one of the more closed ecosystems. Closed source firmware and proprietary lockout such as DSI and 8MP CSI.
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Originally posted by Raka555 View PostI wish they would come up with some "VESA standard" or something which dictates how some basic accelerated functions should work and everyone should have those as a minimum and then they can do whatever fancy stuff they like in whatever way they want on top of that.
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Originally posted by andreano View Post
Mind blown!
Glad to hear that NXP is in the "good" category with TI, as I've sponsored them both privately and professionally.
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Originally posted by elatllat View Post
Yes technically the RPI has closed portions, but it has an open GPU and good vendor support which is more than most alternatives https://hackaday.com/2014/02/28/rasp...y-for-quake-3/
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