Re: kernel firmwares: GR proposal

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:

>> So how do I know whether something is "firmware" instead of just
>> ordinary sourceless code?
>
> Ah, well, i would say that the definition you search here are :
>
>   hexdump sourceless blobs which are uploaded to a peripheral device.

So you would say that it is logically impossible to have source for
firmware?  

> Comon sense and good faith should do just fine, but the above, hinted at in
> the overview, should help out, no ? 

No, it doesn't.  You've now given *another* definition of firmware,
different from all the previous ones, and problematic in its own
special way.

Thomas