From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264134AbTFIA6Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:58:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264135AbTFIA6Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:58:24 -0400 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:39382 "EHLO winder.codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264134AbTFIA6N (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:58:13 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 19:11:53 -0600 From: Erik Andersen To: Paul Jakma Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Message-ID: <20030609011153.GA11362@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: Erik Andersen , Paul Jakma , linux-kernel References: <20030608233546.GA11064@codepoet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.19-rmk7, Rebel-NetWinder(Intel StrongARM 110 rev 3), 185.95 BogoMips X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon Jun 09, 2003 at 01:09:45AM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Erik Andersen wrote: > > > BTW, this is what I did to open up the Linksys rom... > > interesting.. what do you make of: > > http://download.qlogic.com/sf/10215/fullimage_1.5.1.04.zip > > which is the firmware that runs on QLogic SANBox2 2Gbit fibre-channel > switches (Cyrix MediaGX iirc). Looking at strings it includes > software such as glib (LGPL), Linux and GRUB. > > QLogic did not answer my request for source to the (L)GPL > parts of the firmware when i asked them. gzip magic at 0x4110 for a compressed 1.7 MB, i386, 2.4.18-xfs linux kernel x86 boot sector with GRUB at 0xE3ACB6 gzip magic at 0xFA0E4 for file named "image" that contains a compressed 24 MB ext2 filesystem gzip magic at 0x80D278 for a compressed 1.7 MB, i386, 2.4.18-xfs linux kernel (apparently a backup) gzip magic at 0x90324Ci for a file name "fl_image" that also contains a compressed 24 MB ext2 filesystem A quick look through their filesystem shows plenty of GPL'd stuff. Mostly looks lika RedHat ripoff, with a bunch of apparently proprietary junk under /itasca, -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--