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

Lukasz Majewski l.majewski at samsung.com
Wed May 7 08:35:38 CEST 2014


Hi Rob,

> 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.

Applied to u-boot-dfu tree. Rob, thanks for development.

-- 
Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

Samsung R&D Institute Poland (SRPOL) | Linux Platform Group


More information about the U-Boot mailing list