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Re: The power of the GPL
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Graham Murray |
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Re: The power of the GPL |
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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:53:01 +0100 |
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<telford@xenon.triode.net.au> writes:
> Not too many manufacturers have the capability to make their own custom
> CPUs so there is always an option of replacing the ROM or replacing the
> CPU with a generic model containing decent bootstrap code.
True, but some of the CPUs used in embedded systems have a boot PROM
on the silicon and the customer can, even for moderate quantities,
order 'masked' parts with their code blown into the (One Time
Programmable) PROM.