From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Grant Likely" Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:14:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20081125135519.038abf23@zod.rchland.ibm.com> <492C573E.9030309@billgatliff.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <492C573E.9030309@billgatliff.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Bill Gatliff Cc: Matt Sealey , Grant Erickson , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese , Wolfgang Denx , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org . F On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote: > Matt Sealey wrote: > >> I can think of a bunch of reasons why it's a good idea.. > > Can you point to a GPL/LGPL/BSD/etc. source code for an OpenFirmware > implementation? In powerpc land using the Open Firmware device tree does not depend on also using Open Firmware. From that perspective the availability of an open sourced Open Firmware is irrelevant. But, both OpenFirmware and SmartFirmware have been open sourced: http://www.openfirmware.info/Open_Firmware http://www.openfirmware.info/SmartFirmware Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.