Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda
Peter Jeremy <[email protected]> Fri, 26 May 2006 17:29:22 +1000
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On Fri, 2006-May-26 00:04:46 -0400, Ben Kelly wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >>The real issue with porting JFFS2 is that its covered by the GPL, and >>putting GPL code in the FreeBSD kernel is typically considered a 'no-no'. > >Couldn't this be handled in the same way as the ext2 and reiserfs file >systems? The viral aspects of the GPL is a far bigger issue for embedded devices than a desktop workstation. Your embedded widget won't need/have the userland GPL tools, ext2 or ReiserFS but can't survive without a FS of some sort. -- Peter Jeremy _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-small To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"