Follow-up Comment #4, task #12333 (project administration): I prefer to host the entire kernel source, for example all of linux libre 2.6.32.60 + diff simply because it's easier to read, is it possible? If not, hosting just the diff works too.
I think the only part of the diff itself that can't be considered a complete rewrite is the ethernet driver, and for this there is no mention of GNU license, however. It's not entirely unlikely the author(s) would agree to it, seeing that the MMC driver and other parts already have GNU license text in header and *.c. This troubles me because there is not much point in having the GNU MMC driver without ethernet. You can give the following sources a look and tell me what you think: http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.9-moxart.git/blob/28cc2cc5c63d076cd2437ee6307937c341710b7d:/drivers/net/moxacpu_mac.c http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.9-moxart.git/blob/28cc2cc5c63d076cd2437ee6307937c341710b7d:/drivers/net/moxacpu_mac.h http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.19-moxart.git/blob/50cdf2c57662f9f69c5615976412f76bfd73311a:/drivers/mmc/moxasd.c Browsing through linux libre I noticed the following: http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/2.6.32.60-gnu/linux-libre-2.6.32.60-gnu.log: MOXA_INTELLIO - Moxa Intellio support drivers/char/moxa.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery drivers/char/moxa.c: removed blobs This is pretty key to the platform. I currently have no idea if it can work without the removed non-free parts. The embedded version of this modifies code already under GPL: http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.19-moxart.git/blob/50cdf2c57662f9f69c5615976412f76bfd73311a:/drivers/char/mxser.c The following post to linux-arm-kernel mailing list has more information regarding the port: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-December/137130.html I'm sorry if this is a lot of trouble. It goes without saying I would have preferred if this platform was already actively maintained in mainline. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?12333> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/
