[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 0/3] Android Fastboot support

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon May 5 22:21:15 CEST 2014


On Monday, May 05, 2014 at 10:08:08 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> 
> This is the 3nd version since I revived the fastboot patches Sebastian
> submitted.
> 
> I'm reviving the Android Fastboot support after 2+ years since the last
> posting[1]. The previous postings had some questions about licensing
> and source of some code. I believe I've traced the history sufficiently
> that the copyrights and source information are complete and correct.
> 
> The Android code used or referenced is BSD 2-clause license. This was
> originally raised by Wolfgang that it was not compatible with GPLv2+. I
> believe that has since been demonstrated and agreed that the BSD
> 2-clause license is compatible with u-boot.
> 
> As far as the history of the code, I have traced that back. The u-boot
> code started in 2008/2009 by Tom Rix @ Windriver. This initial support
> was then adopted and extended by TI (eMMC support primarily, not
> included here) in their OMAP u-boot tree[2]. In 2011, the TI code was
> used as a basis for upstream patches by Sebastian Siewior @ Linutronix.
> The code has been rearranged quite a bit since the original, but the
> content is pretty much the same. Some of the re-arranging left stale or
> missing copyrights in the v2 version which I have corrected.
> 
> This version is rebased on u-boot usb tree with the recent USB
> downloader gadget registration changes. The primary change is
> documentation added to README for new config options.
> 
> I've tested this series on a BeagleBoard.

Looks good.

Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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