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Linking a proprietary lib.a into the Linux kernel?
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Luke Scharf |
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Linking a proprietary lib.a into the Linux kernel? |
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:23:49 -0500 |
I hope that this isn't a FAQ issue. Also, I'll leave out the vendor and
device name for the good of all involved. :-)
Anyway, we purchased a board. The board is expensive (~$16k new) and
aimed at a very small market. The vendor ONLY releases the Linux device
driver as a binary in the form of a file called libMyDevice.a. This
gets linked into the kernel at compile time. All other changes are
provided by a diff.
BTW, we had to sign an agreement promising not to reverse-engineer our
copy of their board.
Is this allowed under the GPL?
Thank you!
-Luke
P.S. I'm not on this list, so I'd appreciate it if you all would CC me!
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Luke Scharf, Student Researcher & Sysadmin
Virginia Tech Configurable Computing
http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/scharf.htm
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