Re: [U-Boot] u-boot command for standalone application

Thanks Wolfgang. Just curious. Why is that dynamically load proprietary library and call APIs in it from u-boot is violating GPL when Linux allows loadable modules that can be proprietary? Is'nt this same mechanism? -- View this message in context: http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/u-boot-

Re: [U-Boot] u-boot command for standalone application

>Even if you hard-code addresses in the U-Boot image you would be >violating the GPL. A non-GPL standalone application must be really >what the name suggests: standalone. It gets only a very narrow, >stricltly limited set of services - just enough to ger some early >initialization and debugging do

Re: [U-Boot] u-boot command for standalone application

Thanks Wolfgang. >> >> 1. Is it ok if we implement uboot commands that would call into the >> standalone application API without violating GPL terms of u-boot? The >> command returns to the command line after execution. The arguments are >> passed from the uboot command line. >No. A standalone

[U-Boot] u-boot command for standalone application

Hi, We are planning to have a non-GPL standalone application which does some basic board checks and also holds a authentication key (which we don't want it to be published). The authentication code is in u-boot and will be released under GPL. 1. Is it ok if we implement uboot commands that woul

[U-Boot] __builtin functions

Hi, I notice that -fno-builtin compile option is defined in config,mk. So I try to call gcc builtin functions using __builtin_XXX() in my standalone application. But I always get undefined reference at the end even if I link libgcc. Can one of the experts help me with this? Thanks for your help

Re: [U-Boot] Standalone application - expanding export functions

Wolfgang, Thanks for the quick response. Suppose, say I add more functions to export/_export.h files and call it from standalone application. But if I release only the u-boot binary and don't release the binary of the standalone application should the standalone application source need to be relea

[U-Boot] Standalone application - expanding export functions

Hi, I was going through the document in doc/README.standalone. It says I can add addition functions to export/_export.h: " To export some additional function foobar(), the following steps should be undertaken: - Ap