[U-Boot] [EXT] Re: Cavium/Marvell Octeon Support

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Aaron,

In message <2710076.TiSPtmOvtb at flash> you wrote:
>
> > What exactly do you need this for?  Why don't you just link your
> > code with the rest of U-Boot?
>
> We need it to obtain and modify the phy parameters. This is a custom 25G 
> gearbox that needs a lot of hand holding. This may end up being a low priority 
> (not the gearbox, but the API). It's only a few hundred lines of code (the 
> API).

Again you don't answer my question.  Why do you need a special new
API for such code?  Why do you not just link that code with the rest
of U-Boot?

It has been mentioned before, but just to be sure: this code which
uses your new API is licensed under a GPLv2 conforming lincense?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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