Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Annoying GPL issues | From | Esben Haabendal Soerensen <> | Date | 21 May 1999 20:55:53 +0200 |
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> [M-systems provides binary only Linux drivers which are > statically linked to the kernel (because there are needed to > boot). They simulate a block device with flash memory > ("disk-on-chip") using proprietary and patented algorithms. > At least one company (IGEL) is using them in commercial Linux > based products.]
I don't know about what M-Systems and IGEL do in general, but after emailing them about Linux support for their DiskOnChip 2000 they emailed me an .o file that I linked into my kernel, so I could boot from the flash disk.
Is it ok to provide an object file and then let the user himself link this with some GPL system ? Or is it the same as providing the statically linked binary ?
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