Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 05 Feb 2002 19:25:33 EST | From | Telford002@aol ... | Subject | Re: opening a bzImage? |
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If I am not mistaken, nothing more than the autoconf.h used in building the kernel is needed. The .config can be regenerated therefrom if necessary.
Joachim Martillo
In a message dated Tue, 5 Feb 2002 6:02:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Catalin Marinas <c_marinas@yahoo.com> writes:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Daniel A. Newby wrote: > > > > Btw.. Does GPL require them to give me the .config file? > > > > definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and > > installation of the executable." > > > > IMHO, .config is a "script used to control compilation". > > I think (though I might be wrong) this is not considered a "script used to > control compilation" in GPL acception, even if it does this. It is not > included in the kernel sources, it is generated by other scripts > (kconfig.tk for example, which is also generated). This is like, for > example, intermediar .s files generated from .c ones. Nobody would bother > to include this in the sources. > > I don't think it should be included in the kernel sources because you > can generate it by yourself (of course, you want to know theirs). So, they > might not be forced to give you the .config file. > > Regards. > > -- > Catalin > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan > service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working > around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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