Dear Scott Anderson, In message <cafrkk5t+fvypuwxhwcxvx2ujot5edbswclek3s84tdc7kzf...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > >Why would you want to do that? Why not just compile your code as part > >of U-Boot? > > Unfortunately this is not an option for me as i am creating a solution for > video processing which has IP that relates only to this solution. I am very > happy to contribute back to u-boot for any u-boot related functions however > want to retain IP for my specific product solution. ... > This approach is understandable, thank you for explaining the reasoning. > It appears that for my solution i will need to write my own drivers or use an > operating system which does not impose GPL in this way.
Indeed that sounds like the best approach - U-Boot is a boot loader, and even if it is pretty powerful, it has never been intended as an execution environment for complex application code. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected] People have one thing in common: they are all different. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
