[PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Fri Mar 26 10:53:43 EST 2010


In message: <ed82fe3e1003250742t5affee7dudca651ab3352bc16 at mail.gmail.com>
            Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com> writes:
: The initrd thing is a good idea, but it doesn't help non-Linux
: operating systems.  Then again, those OS's might not have any GPL
: issues, so it could be a moot point.

Most !linux systems are not GPL'd.  They are BSDL, primarily, or some
private license between seller and buyer.  In any event, other OSes
likely won't have the GPL issue.

But I'm confused.  If you can't distribute the binary firmware, why
can you distribute the hex dump of the firmware?

Warner


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