Device trees I: Are we having fun yet? [LWN.net]

Device trees I: Are we having fun yet?

Posted Nov 14, 2013 22:14 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Device trees I: Are we having fun yet? by mjg59
Parent article: Device trees I: Are we having fun yet?

> if a board vendor ships with the SoC vendor kernel you wouldn't be able to boot a mainline kernel.

Sounds like a job for GPL enforcement ;) .

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Posted Nov 14, 2013 22:48 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (2 responses)

Why? GPL doesn't require that you be able to boot the mainline kernel.

Posted Nov 14, 2013 22:52 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

No, but it can get you the source that you would need to use a custom kernel.

Posted Nov 15, 2013 0:06 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

Getting the vendor tree typically isn't a problem. Finding a vendor tree that's up to date with security fixes, on the other hand...