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		M95D 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Never Bet Against x86 You can convert a DTB blob back into source code: dtc -I dtb -O dts -o devicetree.dts blob.dtb Big, biiig, biiiiig difference! PS: You can also examine it directly as a directory tree in /sys/firmware/devicetree/*

mjg59 14 days ago [–]

You can convert ACPI bytecode back to source with iasl. No difference at all.

M95D 13 days ago | [–]

Then you can load them in u-boot and there's no need for any ohter blob.

mjg59 13 days ago | | [–]

Yes, and you can do this with ACPI as well. There's no difference between the inherent freedom of ACPI and Devicetree.

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