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tis 2003-01-28 klockan 15.11 skrev Phil Thompson:

> I need to modify a bootloader to load the kernel from a JFFS2 filesystem - so 
> a simple read is all that is needed. Unfortunately the bootloader doesn't 
> have a license that is compatible with the GPL.

Another idea: You could do a two stage boot loader process.. the
(non-GPL) bootloader just loads another bootloader which knows how to
read JFFS2, or replace the bootloader entirely..

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Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>
MARA Systems AB