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en:manual:deblob_a_kernel_patch [2017/09/27 01:43]
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 [[http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/scripts/deblob-check|deblob-check]] is a script written by Alexandre Oliva. It is the easiest way to looking for blobs to remove them from kernel sources and kernel patches. [[http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/scripts/deblob-check|deblob-check]] is a script written by Alexandre Oliva. It is the easiest way to looking for blobs to remove them from kernel sources and kernel patches.
  
-==== How to use deblob-check to deblob kernel patches ? ====+==== How to use deblob-check to deblob kernel patches? ====
  
 The command to begin deblob a patch is check the sequences that match the blob detector test with **-B**, eg: The command to begin deblob a patch is check the sequences that match the blob detector test with **-B**, eg:
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 <note important>If you found blobs included inside the patch, you must remove it manually with your favourite editor (eg. vim)</note> <note important>If you found blobs included inside the patch, you must remove it manually with your favourite editor (eg. vim)</note>
  
-<note important>Not all ".bin" files aren't blobs, you should check if they contains source code under a free license. Otherwise, some of them could be a short sequence of register accesses that aren't copyrightable, so the license is irrevelant and are consider false positives.</note>+<note important>Not all ".bin" files aren't blobs, you should check if they contains source code under a [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html|free license]]. Otherwise, some of them could be a short sequence of register accesses that aren't copyrightable, so the license is irrevelant and are consider false positives.</note>
  
-<note important>deblob-check could match things such as **dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped** as blobs, however it are false positives since are regular expression processing tables.</note>+<note important>deblob-check could match things such as **dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped** as blobs, however they are false positives since are regular expression processing tables.</note>