Yes, that's a problem if you want a fully free-software powered system. However, considering how we had firmware since forever, this is a compromise I can personally accept, for now.
Having a completely Free Software firmware would be great, but I'm not sure barrier to this is as low as Free Software since there's involvement of IP blocks, regulation, misuse of general purpose hardware (like radios) and whatnot.
I really support an end-to-end Free Software system, but we have some road to go, and not all problems are technical in that regard.
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Yes, that's a problem if you want a fully free-software powered system. However, considering how we had firmware since forever, this is a compromise I can personally accept, for now.
Having a completely Free Software firmware would be great, but I'm not sure barrier to this is as low as Free Software since there's involvement of IP blocks, regulation, misuse of general purpose hardware (like radios) and whatnot.
I really support an end-to-end Free Software system, but we have some road to go, and not all problems are technical in that regard.