On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 01:06:15AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:> >> > >> I strongly recommend that you just copy the asm files from > >> arch/alpha/lib instead of whatever horribleness is going on > >> here attempting to frob compiler output. > > > > Hm, I don't know what the build is doing, that would be Kai's section. > > > > klibc is "new BSD", the kernel is GPL. I *cannot* copy code from the > kernel proper. Period.Lovely. I assume if this thing ever gets included in kernel sources that it'll get dual licensed? At which point I *can* just copy the right bits into the right place. Anyway, my point stands that sedding compiler output is a recipie for disaster.> P.S. *Please* address klibc issues to klibc@zytor.com and not to me and > especially not to Greg...Greg should have mentioned that in his post then, shouldn't he? r~
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:33:44PM -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:> > P.S. *Please* address klibc issues to klibc@zytor.com and not to me and > > especially not to Greg... > > Greg should have mentioned that in his post then, shouldn't he?Greg didn't realize that when he wrote the post :) thanks, greg k-h
>> >> klibc is "new BSD", the kernel is GPL. I *cannot* copy code from the >> kernel proper. Period. > > Lovely. I assume if this thing ever gets included in kernel > sources that it'll get dual licensed? At which point I *can* > just copy the right bits into the right place."New BSD" is compatible with GPL, but copying GPL-only code into it would change the license and isn't acceptable. The exception, of course, is by permission of the copyright holder for that particular code who can choose to permit distribution under additional licenses.> Anyway, my point stands that sedding compiler output is a > recipie for disaster.I think you exaggerate. Really. It's just a simple transposition of the register numbers. -hpa