NetBSD has bioscall() function

Chris Johns cjohns at cybertec.com.au
Mon Aug 27 10:16:20 UTC 2001


Thomas Bocek wrote:
> 
> Chris Johns wrote:
> 
> >Thomas Bocek wrote:
> >
> >>Here is my suggestion: Copy the linux code into the start16 file, ....
> >>
> >
> >Please do not copy Linux code. It is GPL and so cannot be become a part
> >of RTEMS.
> >
> Why not? RTEMS has a lot of GNU tools.
> 

The GNU tools are not part of RTEMS kernel. They run on the host
development machines and are not embedded in the final product.

The license is a modified version of the GPL that allows commercial
usage. A number of people use RTEMS in closed source commercial products
and cannot link to GPL code.

-- 
 Chris Johns, cjohns @ cybertec.com.au



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