Dear Remy, In message <3efb10970907071216h57288a2an91701c1c851de...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > Thanks for mentioning this. But this is explicitly restricted to > > "stand alone applications", with a pretty tightly limited set of > > functions exported to such code. It is not intended to be extended > > into something like loadable modules that can access much more of > > U-Boot's internal code. > > AFAIK this limitation of extension is not stated anywhere in the > documentation that is delivered with U-boot. (If I am wrong, please > point me to the location where this is stated)
True. > So, I guess every user of U-boot is allowed to extend that interface > to even the complete symbol map of U-boot, without doing anything in > conflict with the license. You can now say it is not intended, but it > is not restricted. Right. But try it - banging your head against the nearest wall might be a pastime with more opportunities for reward. And don't expect that such an "extension" had any chance for going into the mainline 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: w...@denx.de The only way you could make a happy marriage is by cuttin' their heads off as soon as they say `I do', yes? You can't make happi- ness... - Terry Pratchett, _Witches Abroad_ _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
