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FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

Posted Nov 12, 2010 18:35 UTC (Fri) by lxoliva (subscriber, #40702)
In reply to: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core" by chad.netzer
Parent article: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

> I'm not sure why you chose to interpret my statements that way

Because the register file interface is hardly enough to write the software to run on the embedded computer, but it would likely be plenty to configure a device whose firmware is just configuration data.

Now, perhaps the VHDL description would be desirable to have, but if the embedded device contains a general-purpose programmable computer, having a description of its ISA would come in handier than the VHDL description for the purposes of writing the software to run on it.

Thanks for your apparent support to the campaign. If you can find better ways to spread the message, by all means go for it, and be sure to let us know!

Freegards, ;-)


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