Re: [U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory

In message 463106E6.20203@freescale.com you wrote:

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You cannot link non-GPL code into U-Boot.

What if I use mkimage to merge u-boot.bin with proprietaryfirmware.bin?

Will U-Boot at any time call any functions or jump to any entry points or otherwise execute any code in this firmare image?

It depends on how you define linking. I would say that taking two binaries, one from GPL code and one from non-GPL code, and just merging them into another binary, that cannot be a GPL violation.

You are right. If the images are indeed independent, and U-Boot does not run any code in the "other" one, then this is fine.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk