[U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory

[Timur Tabi]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <463106E6.20203 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>>> You cannot link non-GPL code into U-Boot.
>> What if I use mkimage to merge u-boot.bin with proprietaryfirmware.bin?
> 
> Will U-Boot at any time call any  functions  or  jump  to  any  entry
> points or otherwise execute any code in this firmare image?

No. I'll have to check, but I believe the application that loads the firmware into the 
hardware is open source.

But even if the application were non-GPL, how would running it be a GPL violation?  If I 
load the application into memory, and just execute it, and the application runs without 
calling U-Boot code, and then the application exits, that's not a GPL violation.

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale