Re: Annoying GPL issues

Esben Haabendal Soerensen (bart@sunsite.auc.dk)
21 May 1999 20:55:53 +0200

> [M-systems provides binary only Linux drivers which are
> statically linked to the kernel (because there are needed to
> boot). They simulate a block device with flash memory
> ("disk-on-chip") using proprietary and patented algorithms.
> At least one company (IGEL) is using them in commercial Linux
> based products.]

I don't know about what M-Systems and IGEL do in general, but after
emailing them about Linux support for their DiskOnChip 2000 they
emailed me an .o file that I linked into my kernel, so I could boot
from the flash disk.

Is it ok to provide an object file and then let the user himself link
this with some GPL system ? Or is it the same as providing the
statically linked binary ?

/bart

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