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| Sometimes, there are drivers aren't available from official Linux kernels such as specific drivers and device trees for ARM architecture adapted for certain SoCs, however a lot of them contains nonfree drivers or blobs, then is needed deblob them to protect your freedom. | Sometimes, there are drivers aren't available from official Linux kernels such as specific drivers and device trees for ARM architecture adapted for certain SoCs, however a lot of them contains nonfree drivers or blobs, then is needed deblob them to protect your freedom. | ||
| - | ===== What is a blob? ===== | + | ===== O que é um bloco? ===== |
| A **Blob** is a piece of object code distributed without source, usually firmware to run some device. That firmware is distributed only in object code form, under a nonfree license. | A **Blob** is a piece of object code distributed without source, usually firmware to run some device. That firmware is distributed only in object code form, under a nonfree license. | ||
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| - | In this case, you should check if those references were deblobbed in deblob-x.y of the kernel version that you are using. You can get it at the [[http:// | + | In this case, you should check if those references were deblobbed in deblob-x.y of the kernel version that you are using. You can get it at the [[http:// |
| If those references aren't available in Linux-libre source yet, then you should check if those references aren't false positives. If the first reference (eg. request_firmware_direct) is requesting a blob, then you should rename **request_firmware_direct** to **reject_firmware_direct** and if the second one (wl18xx-conf.bin) is a blob, you must replace it with ** / | If those references aren't available in Linux-libre source yet, then you should check if those references aren't false positives. If the first reference (eg. request_firmware_direct) is requesting a blob, then you should rename **request_firmware_direct** to **reject_firmware_direct** and if the second one (wl18xx-conf.bin) is a blob, you must replace it with ** / | ||