From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.emlix.com (mx1.emlix.com [136.243.223.33]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web12.1813.1632386064374156789 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2021 01:34:25 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: emlix.com, ip: 136.243.223.33, mailfrom: dwagenknecht@emlix.com) Received: from mailer.emlix.com (p5098be52.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.152.190.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.emlix.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83DCB63DF5 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:34:13 +0200 (CEST) From: "Daniel Wagenknecht" To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Subject: [PATCH 1/2] common-tasks: add note about license implications of bundled initramfs Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:34:11 +0200 Message-Id: <20210923083412.1500103-2-dwagenknecht@emlix.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-Reply-To: <20210923083412.1500103-1-dwagenknecht@emlix.com> References: <20210923083412.1500103-1-dwagenknecht@emlix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ensure users are aware that usage of INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE is only appropiate for use with GPLv2 compatible software. Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagenknecht --- documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/de= v-manual/common-tasks.rst index bd8bbecb3..b81f51bf8 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst @@ -3886,6 +3886,12 @@ Follow these steps to create an initramfs image: variable, allowing the initramfs image to be built into the kernel normally. =20 + .. note:: + + Bundling the initramfs with the kernel conflates the code in the i= nitramfs + with the GPLv2 licensed Linux kernel binary. Thus only GPLv2 compa= tible + software may be part of a bundled initramfs. + .. note:: =20 If you choose to not bundle the initramfs image with the kernel --=20 2.25.1