From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo23S-0005r0-8l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:42:54 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo23O-0005pM-QU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:42:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo23O-0005pH-Gt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:42:50 -0400 Received: from [64.233.162.197] (helo=nz-out-0102.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fo2B2-0002ua-BC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:50:44 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id 14so196314nzn for ; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:42:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:42:47 -0700 From: "John R." Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] I want to add the ARMv6 instructions, who can give some advices? In-Reply-To: <200606071825.11037.paul@codesourcery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <39134b110606070011y1ea95f6bh5e64468bc5b53c04@mail.gmail.com> <200606071734.06090.paul@codesourcery.com> <20060607172152.GA3513@mail.shareable.org> <200606071825.11037.paul@codesourcery.com> Reply-To: jhoger@pobox.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 6/7/06, Paul Brook wrote: > > > Basing work on the gcc/binutils code doesn't help me either because I > > > wrote most of that code in the first place :-) > > > > Since the idea is for someone else do it, that doesn't matter. > > > > I'm wondering why, if it were done, it would be a problem for you to > > contribute in future in the areas which you contribute to now. > > Because a large proportion of my contributions, and most of my interest is in > this area. > > Paul No one wants to lose your effort on the ARM port. For the most part you are the ARM port. Have you talked to an IP or contract lawyer about the issue? There's your liability and another issue is liability for the project or copyright issues. It is interesting to know how far both go and how they relate. To my mind this just seems pretty murkey. Yes the best solution would be a pass from ARM but everyone knows that isn't going to happen. -- John.