#47 Will you be supporting Turris Mox?

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opened 6 years ago by sable · 2 comments
sable commented 6 years ago

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/turris-mox-modular-open-source-router-wifi/payments/new

I wondered if this router is possible to put librecmc on or if you will support it in the future... if so, I will buy one.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/turris-mox-modular-open-source-router-wifi/payments/new I wondered if this router is possible to put librecmc on or if you will support it in the future... if so, I will buy one.
RISCI_ATOM commented 6 years ago
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The short answer is most likely no. Marvell SoCs have a long history of needing various boot (memory initialization) blobs and they have yet to disclose which SoC model will be used in this project. The blobs for the Marvell Armada XP MV78230 (same used on the WRT1900AC v1 and a similar one was used in their first projects) had been reverse engineered. If they use the same or similar, it could work. Also, their previous projects heavily promote non-free 802.11ac and G3/4G modem cards and I don't know if this project will break out a mini pci-e or m.2 slot. I fear that the wifi could end up as its own module (non-replaceable) unless you create your own module.

More project details are needed, but given the past Turris projects, I don't have much hope. The libreCMC project can't outright promote it if they continue to promote or bundle non-free hardware.

The short answer is most likely no. Marvell SoCs have a long history of needing various boot (memory initialization) blobs and they have yet to disclose which SoC model will be used in this project. The blobs for the Marvell Armada XP MV78230 (same used on the WRT1900AC v1 and a similar one was used in their first projects) had been reverse engineered. If they use the same or similar, it could work. Also, their previous projects heavily promote non-free 802.11ac and G3/4G modem cards and I don't know if this project will break out a mini pci-e or m.2 slot. I fear that the wifi could end up as its own module (non-replaceable) unless you create your own module. More project details are needed, but given the past Turris projects, I don't have much hope. The libreCMC project can't outright promote it if they continue to promote or bundle non-free hardware.
sable commented 6 years ago
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Ah okay good to know. Thanks for teling me.

I wonder if there is a good modern alternative out there, aka fully free software librecmc compatible...

a router aka

Ah okay good to know. Thanks for teling me. I wonder if there is a good modern alternative out there, aka fully free software librecmc compatible... a router aka
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