[U-Boot] uboot and ZFS

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Jorgen,

In message <4FA0A7F3.8010803 at lundman.net> you wrote:
> 
> Sorry if I am posting some kind of FAQ here,

Don't worry - AFAICT thisis the first time ZFS came up here.

> At first glance, it would suggest that it should be feasible to add ZFS to 
> uboot. But since I only have 'usage-level knowledge' of both boot systems, 
> I am unaware of any show-stoppers.

Technically it should be no unsolvable problem to add ZFS support to
U-Boot.  However, there are the same licensing issues that prevent ZFS
to be included with the Linux kernel; see
http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue

Like Linux, U-Boot is released under GPL (v2+), which is not
compatible with the Sun CDDL.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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