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RShie
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7 years ago

Cyclone IV with PCIe transceiver and Linux GPL license

Using Cyclone IV GX in PCIe express slot of motherboard running Linux. Obviously our hardware design is our hardware design. However do we still have to release our 'out of tree' kernel module so...
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RShie
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7 years ago

We have been through the legal route. The advice was to develop user space drivers (see UIO for Linux).

I asked the question here because every FPGA Linux driver will be bespoke. I just wanted to see if anyone here could give me some pointers.

I could not agree more that if you a developing embedded or IoT Linux products you should seek professional legal advice with respect to the GPL license.