Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-03 Thread Hesham Moustafa
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Chris Johns wrote: > On 3/02/2015 1:36 am, Joel Sherrill wrote: >>> >>> Should I (or anyone of you) create a thread on Xilinx >>> forums to discuss about that issue? >> >> Chris should answer this since he is leading the discussions with Xilinx >> we have been havin

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-02 Thread Chris Johns
On 3/02/2015 1:36 am, Joel Sherrill wrote: Should I (or anyone of you) create a thread on Xilinx forums to discuss about that issue? Chris should answer this since he is leading the discussions with Xilinx we have been having. Hesham, feel free to start a discussion. Chris ___

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-02 Thread Hesham Moustafa
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > On 2/2/2015 7:57 AM, Hesham Moustafa wrote: >> OK for now I have a Hello World port working, using a very little code >> for UART_RS232 IP (two functions send/receive and UART register >> definitions) which I believe there is a similar code

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-02 Thread Joel Sherrill
On 2/2/2015 7:57 AM, Hesham Moustafa wrote: > OK for now I have a Hello World port working, using a very little code > for UART_RS232 IP (two functions send/receive and UART register > definitions) which I believe there is a similar code for it on RTEMS > somewhere. If it is really an NS16550, t

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-02 Thread Hesham Moustafa
OK for now I have a Hello World port working, using a very little code for UART_RS232 IP (two functions send/receive and UART register definitions) which I believe there is a similar code for it on RTEMS somewhere. Should I (or anyone of you) create a thread on Xilinx forums to discuss about that i

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-02-01 Thread Chris Johns
On 31/01/2015 8:32 am, Peter Dufault wrote: The wording is very bizarre: "Except as otherwise provided in a valid license issued to you by Xilinx, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: (1) THESE MATERIALS ARE MADE AVAILABLE "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND XILINX HEREBY DISCLA

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-30 Thread Peter Dufault
The wording is very bizarre: "Except as otherwise provided in a valid license issued to you by Xilinx, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: (1) THESE MATERIALS ARE MADE AVAILABLE "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND XILINX HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, I

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-29 Thread Chris Johns
On 29/01/2015 8:43 pm, Hesham Moustafa wrote: I didn't find a separate license file but I found this license paragraph on one of the header files: The following license is not suitable for RTEMS and I question any Xilinx code that may have been added to RTEMS as being suitable. Specifically,

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-29 Thread Hesham Moustafa
I didn't find a separate license file but I found this license paragraph on one of the header files: /** * * (c) Copyright 2002-2013 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved. * * This file contains confidential and proprietary inf

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-28 Thread Joel Sherrill
These may already be in the tree as part of the Zynq port if the serial port(s) are the same. Please post the full copyright text but check if the same code is already in the tree in support of another of their ports. And congratulations on getting it working this much quickly. :) On January

Re: Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-28 Thread Gedare Bloom
See if there is a license in the distribution that contained the Xilinx files. -Gedare On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Hesham Moustafa wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently porting RTEMS to Microblaze based on Joel's work. Hello > world hits Init and printf successfully, so I have to write a console

Xilinx Microblaze copyrights question

2015-01-28 Thread Hesham Moustafa
Hi, I am currently porting RTEMS to Microblaze based on Joel's work. Hello world hits Init and printf successfully, so I have to write a console driver. Xilinx has UART driver already. The question is can I copy code from Xilinx files to RTEMS? The files have "(c) Copyright 2002-2013 Xilinx, Inc.