In message aa76a2be0807101152w4993ef3ckddec30baf25f72a1@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
This files already exist on the u-boot tree. They are located ininclude/asm-microblaze and include/asm-microblaze/arch-microblaze . They give support to a simple uart which can also be used on the powerpc, I have just copied them from one directory to another.
That's even worse. Don't do that. NEVER duplicate code.
Software engineering is an art of NOT duplicating previous work or code.
This files have been provided by Xilinx, and they are the same inall the OS and boot loaders, I don't think they break any GPL license,
IANAL. Are you a laywer?
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +* Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your +* option) any later version.
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+* XILINX IS PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION "AS IS" AS A +* COURTESY TO YOU. BY PROVIDING THIS DESIGN, CODE, OR INFORMATION AS +* ONE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FEATURE, APPLICATION OR STANDARD, +* XILINX IS MAKING NO REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FREE +* FROM ANY CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING +* ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS YOU MAY REQUIRE FOR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION.
This is IMHO in contradiction to the GPL clause above.
If the code is under GPL there should not be any undefined (probably dangerous?) third party rights. If this should be the case, the file cannot be released under GPL.
+* Xilinx hardware products are not intended for use in life support +* appliances, devices, or systems. Use in such applications is +* expressly prohibited.
This restriction is IMHO in contradiction to the GPL clause above.
[BTW: please do not top-post / full-quote.]
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk