On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 04:44:18PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Aaron, > > In message <2710076.TiSPtmOvtb@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?
And, to be blunt, if it is not, handling your non-GPLv2 applications via an EFI binary is the way forward, not extending the U-Boot binary ABI, in my opinion. -- Tom
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